Blue Shield International
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The Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict
ANCBS Fact Finding Mission Egypt, 2011. Karl von Habsburg is on the right.
ANCBS Fact Finding mission to Egypt, 2011 - Karl von Habsburg
Blue Shield First Assessment Mission to Libya, September 28 to 30, 2011. Karl von Habsburg is on the left, and Hafed Walda on the right.
Presentation by the Austrian Committee of the Blue Shield at the General Assembly September 2017 in the Rathaus, Vienna
Jan Zachwatowicz
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Jan Zachwatowicz was a Polish architect, architectural historian, and restorer. He is notable for being the creator of the Blue Shield cultural heritage symbol.
Blue Shield International
…and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross", its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict. The Blue Shield's…
Jan Zachwatowicz in 1968
Zachwatowicz monument in Warsaw