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French Croix De Guerre Medal - WWII
Criteria: In the United States military, the Croix de guerre was commonly accepted
as a foreign decoration. In the modern age, however, it remains one of the most
difficult foreign awards to verify entitlement. This is since the Croix de guerre was
often presented with original orders, only, and rarely entered into a permanent
service record. The unit award was virtually never entered into U.S. records,
especially since
in most cases it was considered a temporary decoration which was surrendered when an individual departed a unit. An added complication is that the
1973 National Archives Fire destroyed a large number of World War II personnel records, meaning that there are very few sources from which to verify a veteran's entitlement to the Croix de guerre. Today, members of United States 5th Marine Regiment or 6th Marine Regiments and the Army's 1st BN U.S. 28th Infanty
Regiment, are authorized to wear a fourragère signifying that brigade's award of
three Croix de guerre during the First World War, but only while that individual is assigned to the unit. The wearing of the decoration is considered ceremonial and the fourragère is not entered as an official military award in permanent service records.
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