| Description | One certificate to Gilbert Kirker, which loosely translates to
'Under the August Patronage of H.M.I The Sultan Ottoman Society Red Crescent relief for the wounded and sick military established under the Geneva Convention. We the undersigned, on behalf of the Central Committee of the above-mentioned society, authorise Mr. Dr. Gilbert Kirker to go to the Army of Blantyre in the capacity of Surgeon Cresent. Upon arrival, will protection of the Red our representative, in order to take up his duties as soon as possible, complying exactly with any orders that may be given to him. Constantinople, August 11, 1877' |