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War Cross (Greece)

The War Cross (Greek: Πολεμικός Σταυρός) is a military decoration of Greece, awarded for heroism in wartime to both Greeks and foreign allies. There have been three versions of the cross, the 1917 version covering World War I, the 1940 version covering the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, and the 1974 version covering peacekeeping missions in the subsequent years.

War Cross
Polemikos Stavros
Πολεμικός Σταυρός

Military decoration

Acts of valor during war

 Greece

Greek and Allied military personnel

28 February 1917

Cross of Valour

Medal for Outstanding Acts

Zotiadis, Orthodoxos (January 2001). [Honorary Decorations of War Flags] (PDF). Στρατιωτική Επιθεώρηση (in Greek). Hellenic General Staff of National Defence: 36–37.

Τιμητικές Διακρίσεις Πολεμικών Σημαιών

Zotiadis, Orthodoxos (March–April 2005). [War Cross] (PDF). Στρατιωτική Επιθεώρηση (in Greek). Hellenic General Staff of National Defence: 46–63.

Πολεμικός Σταυρός

George Stratoudakis (2001). Greek Medals. Athens. pp. 34–39, 72–77.  960-91397-2-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

ISBN

Beldecos G.J. (1991). Hellenic Orders, Decorations and Medals (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic War Museum. pp. 94, 104–105.  960-85054-0-2.

ISBN

Awards of the 1940 War Cross to New Zealanders

(in French) , at Phaléristique européenne

The 1940 War Cross