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Military Merit Cross is the name for a military decoration in various states, including: Military Merit Cross (Austria–Hungary) ( Militärverdienstkreuz ) (in three classes) Several orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire , including the German States of Hesse and Waldeck
The Military Merit Cross was established on October 22, 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I, based on the recommendation of Field Marshal Count Radetzky.It was to be awarded to officers who had performed especially praiseworthy service before the enemy in wartime, or outstanding service in peacetime, and was originally established in only one class.
The Military Merit Cross (Militärverdienstkreuz) was established by Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on August 5, 1848. Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a grand duchy located in northern Germany, was a member of the German Confederation and later the German Empire.
The Military Merit Cross (German: Militär-Verdienstkreuz) was the highest bravery award of the Kingdom of Prussia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers. It was also known as the Golden Military Merit Cross (Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz) to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse), a lesser Prussian enlisted bravery decoration ...
The former Military Merit Cross became the Military Merit Cross 1st Class, and a new second class was created which had no enamel on the medallion. The distinction in classes was based on the rank of the recipient. In 1913, another revision of the statutes of the Military Merit Order divided the Military Merit Cross into three classes.
Merit Cross in Gold or Silver; Cross of the General Honor Decoration; General Honor Decoration; Jerusalem Cross; Cross of the Mount of Olives, established in 1909; Military and war decorations. Iron Cross; Military Merit Cross; Military Honor Medal 1st Class and Military Honor Medal 2nd Class; Merit Cross for War Aid; Duppel Storm Cross; Alsen ...
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
Military Merit Medal Medal for Military Merit (Grand Cross) (GCMM) [b] (Portuguese: Medalha de Mérito Militar), established on 28 May 1946 to reward military personnel for meritorious service as demonstrated by a display of exceptional qualities, military virtues, a spirit of sacrifice and selflessness, moral courage, bravery and loyalty that ...