Other Red Cross Awards : Korean Medals 한국 메달

**Red Cross Medal and Document Requirements – this particular example if for the RCY Honorary Medal of Merit**

Korean War Era Red Cross Membership Medal

I do not have any information on the early awards of the Korean Red Cross, but the medal pictured on the left is from the War Memorial of Korea, Korean Cultural Information Center 전쟁기념관, 한국문화정보원이. The ribbon is very similar to the ribbon on the Korean Wound medal used during the war.

Red Cross Volunteer Medal of Merit 적십자자원봉사유공장

Older Version of the Volunteer Medal.
Class and Dates of Issue are unknown

Unknown Korean Red Cross Award

Armed Forces Membership Medal 국군회원기장

This medal is often confused with the Red Cross Membership Silver Medal of Merit 유공장 적십자회원 은유공장. The ribbon bars look virtually identical because the purple vs. blue stripes are very close in color. Both ribbon bars are 38 mm x 10 mm. The difference lies in the plague at the bottom of the drape, which has the words 대한 (Korea) on it. The Red Cross Armed Forces Membership Medal was created on Aug. 26, 1975. However, within the 2012 revision to the Korean Red Cross Awards Operational Regulations 대한적십자사포상운영규정 it states that it was created on Jan. 1, 1993. I am not quite sure why the two different dates, perhaps the ribbon bar was created in 1975 and the medal was created in 1993. More research is needed. Military personnel with the rank of Sergeant and above could wear this medal/ribbon bar, provided they paid monthly dues. This award was discontinued on Jan. 1, 2018. Even with the Medal being abolished, military personnel who had earned it, could continue to wear it on their uniform. (I have to assume that they continue to pay membership dues, but under a different category.

Red Cross Volunteer Medals of Merit 적십자자원봉사유공장

1,000 Hours of Voluntary Service 자진봉사유공1,000 시간
3,000 Hours of Volunteer Work 자원봉사유공3000시간
10,000 Hours of Voluntary service 자진봉사유공10,000 시간

Reverse Inscriptions (Left to Right)
(1,000 Hours Obv.) 1997 / 창립92주년 (92nd Anniversary)
(3,000 Hours Obv.) 1990 / 창립85주년 (85th Anniversary)
(10,000 Hours Obv,) 2000 / 창립95주년 (95th Anniversary)
Third line on all three Medals 대한적십자사 is Korean Red Cross

사회봉사사업유공 Contribution to Social Service

This is not an earlier form of a Red Cross Volunteer Medal of Merit 적십자자원봉사유공장. It was issued in Jan. 2021.

Early Membership Cards

**Unissued Membership Card dated 428_ (1947 to 1956)**

Various Korean Red Cross Pins

Red Cross Accessories