Croix de Guerre
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of Croix de Guerre
1910–15; < French: literally, cross of war
Example Sentences
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Mr Bing went on to join the French Resistance and receive the Croix de Guerre medal.
From BBC
After the war, she was promoted to lieutenant and received the Croix de Guerre, a military honor for heroism in combat.
From New York Times
Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts were the first Americans, Black or white, to receive the Croix de Guerre, a French award given to those who show immense acts of heroism in battle.
From New York Times
He received both the Croix de Guerre and the Bronze Star.
From New York Times
He was just a teenager when he joined a French resistance group in occupied Paris before enlisting in a tank battalion in 1944, earning the Croix de Guerre in the last months of the war.
From BBC
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