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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INSIGNIA, UNIFORMS, AND awards
Re Recognition of Service Rendered during Second World War
At its meeting September 18, 1944, the Central Committee took the
following action --
"VOTED: That the Central Committee hereby authorizes
the Committee on Insignia, Uniforms and Awards to de-
sign and select suitable certificates and insignia to
be issued in recognition of service rendered to the
Red Cross during this war, including the personnel
of the National Organization and the Chapters, and
the citizens of foreign countries who have served in
American Red Cross operations abroad; and to recommend
to the Central Committee the rules and regulations for
the issuance of such certificates and insignia.
In accordance with the above resolution, the Committee on Insignia,
Uniforms and Awards submits the following recommendations--
I. That the adoption and production of Red Cross insignia for all
purposes is the sole responsibility of the Central Committee;
Chapters and all services to be notified to that effect and
advised to make their needs known to the national organiza-
tion, and that no action be taken on their own account.
Re Certificates
II. That certificates to be issued to workers on the national staff
and in chapters and to the citizens of foreign countries who
have served in American Red Cross operation abroad be printed
in the colors on heavy weight paper, size approximately
by 11" bearing the following inscriptions and signatures,
with the Red Cross emblem at the head:
1. For national staff serving in the United States --
The American National Red Cross
to
in recognition of meritorious personal
service performed in behalf of the nation,
her armed forces, and suffering humanity
in the Second World War.
(Signed) President
(Signed) Chairman, Central Committee
Issued
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