War Cross

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military award military decoration

War Cross is a military decoration awarded by several countries, notably France, to recognize acts of bravery in combat.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
War Cross (English name) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military award ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ
awardedBy Belgium ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
awardedFor acts of bravery in combat ⓘ
heroism in wartime ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
eligibility foreign military personnel ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
units and formations ⓘ
hasForm medal ⓘ
ribbon ⓘ
hasVariant Belgian Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre (Belgium)

Croix de Guerre (Portugal) ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)

Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)

Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieures (France)

Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 ⓘ
Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak War Cross 1939

Greek War Cross ⓘ
languageVariant Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre (French name)

War Cross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: War Cross (English name)
notableVersion Belgian Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak War Cross

Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: French Croix de Guerre

Greek War Cross ⓘ
purpose recognition of distinguished service in combat operations ⓘ
recognition of gallantry in the face of the enemy ⓘ
relatedTo orders, decorations and medals of Belgium ⓘ
orders, decorations and medals of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
French national orders ⓘ
surface form: orders, decorations and medals of France

orders, decorations and medals of Greece ⓘ
orders, decorations and medals of Portugal ⓘ
status may be awarded posthumously ⓘ
symbolizes courage under fire ⓘ
military valor ⓘ
typeOfBravery collective acts of heroism by units ⓘ
individual acts of heroism ⓘ

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War Cross → languageVariant → War Cross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Cross (English name)