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| Picture No | 10679245 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | Manufacture of the Croix de Guerre |
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The Croix de Guerre (French verision to Cross of War), military decoration of France during World War One and Two. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. Photographs showing the last treatment, metal being polished with fine sand, and then the finished Croix de Guerre with ribbon.
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| Source | Photographs in 'The Illustrated War News', 10 January 1917, page 19 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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