‖ Croix de Guerre
(krwadəgɛːr)
Also croix de guerre.
[Fr., lit. ‘cross of war’.]
A French medal first awarded during the war of 1914–18 (see quot. 1922).
| 1915 Daily Chron. 4 Aug. 7/7 M. Poincaré conferred upon King Albert himself the French Croix de Guerre. 1917 T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 345 The French Government has stuck another medal on to me: a croix de guerre this time. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 892/2 The Croix de Guerre.—Established in 1915 to commemorate individual mentions in despatches during the war 1914–18. The cross was awarded to soldiers or sailors of all ranks..who were mentioned in orders of the day for an individual feat of arms... The ribbon..is green with narrow red stripes. 1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 78 A girl in M.T.C. uniform with the gold leaf of the Croix de Guerre over her pocket. 1960 G. Martelli Agent Extraordinary ii. 34 Dressed usually in a neat dark blue suit only distinguished by the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre. |