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Croix de Guerre

military decoration of France
Intangible award Q869896
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Croix de Guerre

Summary

Croix de Guerre is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,029 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Croix de Guerre is in the country of France[3].
  • Croix de Guerre's instance of is recorded as award[4].
  • Croix de Guerre is a type of military decoration[5].
  • Croix de Guerre is a type of cross[6].
  • Croix de Guerre's Commons category is recorded as Croix de Guerre[7].
  • Croix de Guerre comprises Croix de guerre 1914–1918[8].
  • Croix de Guerre comprises Croix de guerre 1939–1945[9].
  • Croix de Guerre comprises Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures[10].
  • April 2, 1915 marks the founding of Croix de Guerre[11].
  • Croix de Guerre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Croix de Guerre[12].
  • Croix de Guerre's Commons gallery is recorded as Croix de Guerre[13].
  • Croix de Guerre's native label is recorded as Croix de guerre[14].
  • Croix de Guerre's different from is recorded as War Cross[15].
  • Croix de Guerre's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)[16].
  • Croix de Guerre's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as Don't use this item for a person, use items in P527 ("has part")[17].
  • Croix de Guerre's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as N'utilisez pas cet élément pour une personne, utilisez les éléments de P527 ("comprend")[18].

Body

Geography

Croix de Guerre is in the country of France[3].

Designation and Status

Croix de Guerre's instance of is recorded as award[4].

History and Context

April 2, 1915 marks the founding of Croix de Guerre[11].

Why It Matters

Croix de Guerre ranks in the top 1% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,029 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Ahmad ibn Billah Aleksandr Vasilevsky Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Armando Diaz award Bernard Montgomery Curtis LeMay Douglas MacArthur Draža Mihailović Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Ferdinand Foch France George Marshall George S. Patton Haakon VII of Norway Henry H. Arnold Ivan Konev Jacques Chaban-Delmas James Stewart Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean Gabin Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg John J. Pershing Joseph Joffre Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Louis Néel Marcel Dassault Maxime Weygand Maxwell D. Taylor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → croix-de-guerre-france
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: croix-de-guerre-france, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923949|croix de guerre france (#289923949)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → —
    Country → —
    Freebase id → /m/01tkpb
    Joconde object type id → —
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533416305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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