Sentence examples for cross of War from inspiring English sources

He received numerous high military honors, including the Cross of War and the Cross of the Liberation.

The soldiers were assigned to the French army, and McVey was awarded the Croix de Guerre — the cross of war — for bravery in combat.

Barroux: It was with great emotion that I slipped the diary and the Cross of War into my bag with the feeling of having saved a piece of history from destruction.

Mr Valentine is the only survivor of two British servicemen who held the Croix de Guerre (cross of war) with Silver Star, one of France's highest accolades for heroic deeds performed in the liberation of France.

In 1977, he collaborated, surprisingly perhaps, on the screenplay for Sam Peckinpah's violent account of life on the German side of the second world war, Cross Of Iron.

Nowotny was sent on a propaganda tour in Germany, which included the presentation of the Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes (Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross) to the railroad engineer August Kindervater on 7 December 1943 – Nowotny's 23rd birthday.

But among its headstones – 284 German, 229 British and Commonwealth – the cemetery also counts that of Lieut Maurice Dease, the first Victoria Cross of the war.

Among its Portland stone and granite headstones – 284 German, 229 British and Commonwealth – the cemetery also counts that of Lieut Maurice Dease, the first Victoria Cross of the war.

Another side of the site is the grave of the German Musketier Oskar Niemeyer, the first Iron Cross of the war, who swam across the canal in the face of gunfire to help his comrades cross the water.

But on another side of the site is the grave of the German Musketier Oskar Niemeyer, the first Iron Cross of the war, who swam across the canal in the face of gunfire to help his comrades cross the water.

A "Cross of Sacrifice" war memorial was also extensively covered in graffiti.