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2090 MULTILATERAL CONVENTION-SICK,WOUNDED. JULY 27,1929. version des couleurs federales, est maintenu comme embleme et signe distinctif du service sanitaire des armees. Toutefois, pour les pays qui emploient deja, a la place de la CroiX rouge, Ie croissant rouge ou Ie lion et Ie soleil rou~es sur fond blanc comme signe dlstinctif, ces emblemes- sont egalement admis dans Ie sens de la presente Con- vention. ARTICLE 20. si:!n~ of, with permls· L'embleme figurera sur les dra- peaux, les brassards, ainsi que sur tout Ie materiel se rattachant au service sanitaire, avec la permis- sion de l'autorite militaire compe- tente. Brassard to be worn. Ante, pp. DS, 2086. ARTICLE 21. Le personnel protege en vertu des articles 9, alinea premier, 10 et 11 portera, fixe au bras gauche, un brassard muni du signe distinctif, delivre et timbre par une autorite militaire. Personnel to have identification. Le personnel vise a l'article 9, alineas 1 et 2, sera pourvu d'une piece d'identite consIstant, soit en une inscription dans Ie livret mili- taire, soit en un document special. Certificates for per- BOI!B without military Les personnes visees aux arti- ~='P. 2086. cles 10 et 11 qui n'ont pas d'uni- forme militaire seront munies par l'autorite militaire competente d'un certificat d'identite, avec photographie, attestant leur qua- lite de sanitaire. Les :pieces d'identite devront ~tre umformes et du m~me mo- dele dans chaque armee. En aucun cas, Ie personnel sani- taire ne pourra ~tre prive de ses ins~~s, ni des pieces d'identite qui IUl sont propres. En cas de perte, il aura Ie droit d'en obtenir des duplicata. ARTICLE 22. Restrictive display of Le drapeau distintif de la Con- Convention flag. • ventlOn ne pourra ~tre arbore que sur les formation~ et les etablisse- ments sanitaires qu'elle ordonne de respecter et a.vec Ie con- by the reversal of the Federal colors, is continued as the em- blem and distinctive sign of the sanitary service of armies. However, for countries which already use, as a distinctive sign, in place of the red cross, the red crescent or the red lion and sun on a white field, these emblems shall likewise be recognized with- in the meaning of the present Convention. ARTICLE 20. The emblem shall appear on flags and brassards, as well as upon all materiel, appertaining to the sanitary service, with the permission of the competent mili- tary authority. ARTICLE 21. The personnel protected in virtue of the first paragraph of Article 9 and Articles 10 and 11 shall wear attached to the left arm a brassard bearing the dis- tinctive sign, issued and stamped by a competent military author- ity. The personnel mentioned in Ar- ticle 9, paragraphs 1 and 2,shall be furnished with an identification document consisting either of an inscription in their military book- let or a special document. Persons mentioned in Articles 10 and 11 who do not wear military uniform shall be furnished by com- petent military authority with a certificate of identity containing their photogra,h and attesting to their sanitary status. Identification documents must be uniform and of the same type in each army. . The sanitary personnel may in no case be deprived of their insignia nor of their own identification pa- pers. In case of loss they shall have the right to obtain duplicates. ARTICLE 22. The distinctive flag of the Con- vention may only be displayed over the sanitary formations and establishments which the Conven- tion provides shall be respected,