Physical description

Illustrated book with cream cover and black print. On the front cover the title is printed above a red cross surrounded by laurel leaves. At the bottom of the front cover, between four parallel lines, the words Australian Red Cross Society are printed interspersed with 3 red crosses. The title is also printed on the spine

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At bottom of the front end-page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by " previous catalogue number (handwritten in ink).

Summary

This book chronicles the history of the Red Cross organization from its origins in the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem through its official founding in Geneva in 1864 to its activities in 1941