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The Cross of Honor is in the form of a cross pattée suspended from a metal bar with space for engraving. It has no cloth ribbon. The obverse displays the Confederate battle flag placed on the center thereof surrounded by a wreath, with the inscription UNITED DAUGHTERS [of the] CONFEDERACY TO THE U. C. V. (the UCV is the United Confederate Veterans) on the four arms of the cross.
The design for the face of the medal consists of a Maltese cross with a Confederate battle flag surrounded with a laurel wreath, with the inscription "The Southern Cross of Honor." On the back of the medal is the motto of the Confederate States of America, "Deo Vindice" ([With] God [As Our] Vindicator), and the dates 1861 1865.
The VA only permits graphics on government-furnished headstones or markers that are approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield (including those who served in the U.S. military through the Spanish–American War), the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignia.
Gabbett in 1911. Sarah E. Gabbett (née Richardson; 1833–1911) was an American medal designer. She was the first Custodian of the Southern Cross of Honor, [1] and later, she became the honorary custodian for life.
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Honour Cross of the World War 1914 - 1918, German First World War service medal; Police Cross of Honour, civil medal awarded for assisting Norwegian police; Southern Cross of Honor, United Daughters of the Confederacy commemorative medal presented to United Confederate Veterans
Unidentified Civil War veteran in United Confederate Veterans uniform with Southern Cross of Honor medal. From the Library of Congress Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs. The United Confederate Veterans (UCV, or simply Confederate Veterans) was an American Civil War veterans' organization headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Southern Cross of Honor; Southern Cross 28, an American yacht design; Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, a 1984 anime series from Japan brought to the US as part of Robotech; Southern Cross Expedition 1898–1900, an expedition to Antarctica led by Carsten Borchgrevink; Southern Cross News, the name of several news broadcasts