[3] The Cross was awarded by the Board of the Red Cross Society, with the approval of the Chancellor of Royal Orders, for exceptional merit and services rendered to the Serbian Red Cross in time of war or peace, and for care and assistance to the sick and wounded, philanthropy and personal merit.

[4] The Order of the Red Cross was founded in a single Class.

[2] The decoration was a cross-shaped silver breast badge with red enamel on both sides; the front features the coat of arms of the Principality of Serbia and a crown with a metal loop at the top for attaching the ribbon.

The reverse features the inscription: “1876”, date of the establishment of the Red Cross of Serbia.

[5] The Cross was worn suspended from a tricolor ribbon The appearance of the Cross was modified after the Proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882, replacing the coat of arms of the Principality of Serbia with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbia, it featured a crown with a metal loop at the top to attach the ribbon.