Belgian Croix de Guerre

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The Belgian Croix de Guerre is a Belgian military decoration awarded for acts of bravery or distinguished service in combat during wartime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gallantry award
military decoration
awardedFor acts of bravery in combat
distinguished service in combat
mention in dispatches for bravery
awardingAuthority Belgian Ministry of Defence
Belgian monarch
awardingBody Belgium
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
canBeAwardedPosthumously true
classification decoration for bravery
conflict World War I
World War II
country Belgium
eligibility Belgian military personnel
foreign military personnel
establishedDuring World War I
hasComponent palm device
star device
hasDeviceMeaning bronze star indicates company-level citation
gold star indicates regiment or brigade-level citation
palm indicates army-level citation
silver star indicates battalion or group-level citation
languageOfName Dutch
French
material bronze
notableRecipient Allied military personnel in World War I
Allied military personnel in World War II
foreign soldiers
relatedAward Croix de Guerre
surface form: French Croix de Guerre
relatedConcept military honors of Belgium
ribbonColor red
ribbonFeature green stripes
shape cross
status historical decoration
symbol Belgian lion
royal crown of Belgium
translatedName War Cross
type individual award
unit award
usedBy Belgian Air Force
Belgian Land Component
surface form: Belgian Army

Belgian Naval Component
surface form: Belgian Navy
wearingLocation left chest

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Audie Murphy awardReceived Belgian Croix de Guerre
War Cross hasVariant Belgian Croix de Guerre
this entity surface form: Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
War Cross notableVersion Belgian Croix de Guerre
James McCudden awardReceived Belgian Croix de Guerre
Audie awardReceived Belgian Croix de Guerre
subject surface form: Audie Murphy
Belgian orders, decorations and medals component Belgian Croix de Guerre
this entity surface form: Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair awardReceived Belgian Croix de Guerre
subject surface form: Allan Henry Shafto Adair
this entity surface form: Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm (Belgium)