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Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

This decoration was instituted on April 8th 1915 to commemmorate individual mentions in despatches and can be awarded to all French military personnel, regardless of rank and also to officers and men of Allied Forces for an individual feat of arms mentioned in a despatch. The despatch had to originate from an officer commanding an Army, an Army Corps, a Division, a Brigade or the C.O. of a Regiment or a corresponding unit of Naval Forces. Mention in Army Despatch merits a small bronze laurel branch, Army Corps Despatch a silver gilt star, Divisional a silver star, Regimental or similar Unit Despatch a bronze star; all these emblems to be worn on the ribbon of the Cross. For every mention the appropiate emblem will be awarded; if one person has been awarded five palms, he will wear a silver palm instead.
The ribbon of the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 differs from the original; it is coloured bright red with four vertical bands of green in the centre.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Keen, John D.  
Kehoe, Robert R.  
Kelly, C.A.  
Kendall, Paul W. "The Bull"  
Kierwiak, Czeslaw27-02-1913 
Kirkpatrick, Otto  more
Knapper, Josiah  
Kochanowski, Marian  
Kraus, Leonard J.  
Kalpas, Rajmund20-01-191801-06-1940
Keyes, Geoffry Charles Tasker18-05-191718-11-1941more
Kollen, Marcel14-09-191201-06-1942
Koudoukou, Georges00-00-189415-06-1942
Kubiš, Jan24-06-191318-06-1942more
Kohan, Albert13-09-188617-12-1943
Kaiser, Arthur W. (US-Army)26-05-192014-08-1944
Keun, Gerald Philip George "Kane"10-08-191109-09-1944
Kocsis, Imre03-11-191003-12-1944more
Khudyakov, Sergei Aleksandrovich07-01-190218-04-1950more
Kerléo, Jean03-04-190923-12-1950
Kontrym, Boleslaw "Zmudzin"27-08-189820-01-1953more
King, Ernest Joseph "Ernie"23-11-187825-06-1956more
Kuttelwascher, Karel Miroslav23-09-191617-08-1959more
Kasperski, Wlodzimierz05-03-189407-09-1960
Kobylinski, Tadeusz16-09-191411-11-1961
Kientz, André24-09-189627-06-1962
Kieffer, Philippe24-10-189920-11-1962more
Kailao, André01-01-191803-09-1965more
Kerley, Ralph A.01-06-191722-03-1967
Koli, Yorgui08-01-189617-07-1970more
Koenig, Marie-Pierre Joseph François10-10-189802-09-1970more
Keating, Frank Augustus04-02-189528-04-1973more
Koudoussaragne, Paul01-01-192010-05-1973more
Kruls, Hendrik Johan01-08-190213-12-1975more
Kopanski, Stanislaw19-05-189523-03-1976more
Keprt, Joseph28-06-191026-07-1976more
Krementchousky, Alexandre02-04-190531-03-1979
Kleinmann, Louis Théodore21-07-190714-07-1979more
Karcher, Henri26-10-190831-07-1983more
Keefer, George Clinton11-07-192100-01-1985
Kaouza, Maurice02-04-191128-09-1986
Kamienski, Jan "Frant"17-06-190629-05-1987more
Kieffer, Charles15-12-190328-09-1987more
Kaskoreff, Robert01-06-190913-02-1988
Kingman, Allen Frederick18-12-189301-08-1988more
Koné, Nouhoum16-02-190930-09-1988
Krol, Waclaw Szczepan25-12-191515-06-1991more
Kosseyo, Dominique00-00-191909-03-1994more
Koenigswarter, de, Jules07-03-190415-02-1995more
Kirmann, Auguste04-12-190718-04-1995more
Kjelstrup, Arne30-10-191305-05-1995more
Keller, Charles, Jr.20-10-190810-04-1996more
Kirsch, Henry15-11-191211-01-1997more
Keij-Alta, Johanna Marie "Joke"28-02-192128-02-2000
Knight, Marguerite Diana Frances "Peggy"19-04-192000-00-2004
Kaiser, Arthur06-07-192318-11-2014more
Kayser, Marie-Thérèse "Micky"05-03-192806-12-2020

Subonderscheidingen

Lanyard with the War Cross
Fourragere Croix de GuerreLanyard with the War Cross
In the database: 7
Issued:unknown

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