The Korean Demilitarized Zone (aka DMZ) in a a 1969 map created by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It is a strip of land about 4 km wide running across the Korean Peninsula, established in 1953 by the provisions of the Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State to serve as a buffer zone between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea …
1969 stamp from the East Germany, 50th anniversary “League of Red Cross Societies”
A 10 Pfennig (i.e. 1/100 Mark) postage stamp of the German Democratic Republic (aka West Germany or DDR) issued in 1969 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “League of Red Cross Societies” (now IFRC), founded in 1919 in Paris. The image shows the three protecting emblems used at that time: the Red Cross, that was adopted in the 1st Geneva Convention of 1864; the Red Crescent and the Red Lion and Sun, both officially recognized in the Geneva Convention of …
