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Definition of Croix de guerre
1. Noun. A French military decoration for gallantry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croix De Guerre
Literary usage of Croix de guerre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War: A Complete by Emmett Jay Scott (1919)
"... Land Killed Four Germans and Wounded Twenty-eight Others Single Handed—First
American Soldiers to Receive the French Croix de Guerre—Other Instances ..."
2. History of the 126th Infantry in the War with Germany by Emil B. Gansser (1920)
"K, Croix de Guerre. SGT. ALEXANDER SALIK. Co. K, DSC and Croix de Guerre. ... M.
Croix de Guerre. 1ST LT. CHAS. EH BATES. Co. M, DSC and Croix de Guerre. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"Of these 36 priests and 34 seminarians died, 5 were decorated with the Legion of
Honor and 98 priests and 36 seminarians received the croix de guerre. ..."
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