Croix de Guerre

[ krwahduh-ger ]

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noun

Croix de Guerre

/ krwa də ɡɛr /

1910–15; < French: literally, cross of war

literally: cross of war

His part was so small and mine so big, he said, that he wanted me to have his Croix de Guerre, his regimental and other medals.

She caught a glimpse of some sort of ribbon on his breast—the croix de guerre.

He went through bad fighting, and in March, 1917, he was given a Croix de Guerre.

Croix de Guerre had been given out that day at the automobile park at Chalons.

Many of them have been mentioned in dispatches, and have received from France the Croix de Guerre.

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