Henry Dunant Medal

In 1963, the idea of creating a medal named in honour of the founder of the International Red Cross was submitted to and approved by the Council of Delegates.

These limits are placed to ensure the value and prestige of the medal as the highest honour the Red Cross Movement can bestow upon one of its members.

[1] The medal is awarded to, "recognise and reward outstanding services and acts of great devotion, mainly of international significance, to the cause of the Red Cross/Red Crescent by any of its members".

However, the various groups of the movement have been encouraged to create other means of recognition for those killed in service to the Red Cross.

In the center of the cross is a circular bronze medallion bearing effigy of Henry Dunant, facing left.