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War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918
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War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918
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Bronze-gilt cross pattée with stippled arms, with crossed swords between the arms, on scroll and laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with a circular central medallion bearing a female head facing right representing the French Republic within a ring inscribed ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’ and decorated with laurel leaves below; the reverse with a circular central medallion with the dates ‘1914’ and ‘1918’; the central medallion of the reverse dished; on replaced correct ribbon.

The award was created on 8 April 1915 and attributed to military personnel who received an individual citation for feats of arms.

Versions exists dated 1914-1915, 1914-1916, 1914-1917 and 1914-1918, the latter being more commonly found than the others, awarded up to 1920 to ensure that military dead, wounded and missing in action were properly recognised.

 
War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918
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War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918
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War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918
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