Show DOUBLE BARRED CROSS ADOPTED 17 YEARS AGO the double barred red lied cross Is seventeen years old this month in october 1902 the international association then meeting in berlin adopted the crots cross as the emblem ot of the worldwide world wide fight again pit tuberculosis it wits was proposed by dr G ser iron of parla paris it Is a combination of the croix de lorraine Lorr alne and the cross of the greek catholic church both crosses are symbolic of 0 charity and help to humanity their combined features were selected and adopted a as the symbol of the he hope of civilization tour four years later in 1006 the double barred red lied cross was carried into this country it was in 1000 the national tuberculosis association was formed and for the three intervening years the cross has been carried over the united states by thi ahr national tuberculosis Asso association elatIon and its affiliated bodia which now nun num aher ber oni thousand tin tho r 11 14 organ n i finah d n u oy the red cross crosa 1 christmas seal sale |