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The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.
A cross with four arms in bronze, 36 mm wide. Engraved by Frédéric de Vernon. On the obverse: a round central medallion with the legend surrounding REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE: Effigy of a helmeted Poilu (World War I infantryman), on a sword drawn vertically on the branches; Of the cross being charged with bay leaves and oak leaves in relief.
The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It ...
Commemorative Cross of the 1916–1918 War; Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918; Commemorative Medal of the Great Serbian Retreat; Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) Volunteer Combatant's Cross 1914–1918; The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
For non-combat service with the army during the First World War, the following service clasps were authorized to be worn with the World War I Victory Medal. Each service clasp was inscribed with a country or region name where support service was performed. The U.S. Army issued the following service clasps: [1]
Gerald Barry (British Army officer) Gordon Barry; Patrick Barry (judge) Arthur Edward Barstow; John Anderson Barstow; Frederick Barter; Basil Barton; Robert Appleby Bartram (British Army officer) Dingwall Latham Bateson; Arthur Batten-Pooll; Stanhope Bayne-Jones; Hugh Beach; Daniel Beak; Bernard Beanlands; Edmund Charles Beard; Peter Samuel ...
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (German: Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918), commonly referred to as the Hindenburg Cross or the German WWI Service Cross, was established by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of the German Weimar Republic, by an order dated 13 July 1934, to commemorate service of the German people during the First World War. [1]
This is a list of Military Crosses awarded in the 1918 New Year Honours.. The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire.