{{Short description|Italian military order}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use British English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox order | name = War Cross for Military Valor | native_name = {{nobold|Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare}} | native_name_lang = it | image = Croce di guerra al valor militare (recto).svg | image_size = 100px | alt = | caption = War Cross for Military Valor | awarded_by = the Italian Republic | type = Order of chivalry
| established = {{Start date and age|1922|01|07|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Curiosita/Non+tutti+sanno+che/C/88+C.htm |title=Arma dei Carabinieri - Home - L'Arma - Curiosità - Non tutti sanno che... - C |publisher=Carabinieri.it |access-date=2012-06-23|language=it}}</ref> | country = Italy | ribbon = | motto = | eligibility = Members of the Italian armed forces | criteria = Military valor in time of war | status = Dormant | founder = | head_title = Grand Master | head = President of the Republic | head2_title = Chancellor | head2 = Minister of Defence | grades = {{plainlist| * Gold Medal * Silver Medal * Bronze Medal }} | post-nominals = | former_grades = | website = {{URL|https://www.quirinale.it/page/medagliacrocevm}} | first_induction = | last_induction = | total = | higher = Order of Vittorio Veneto<ref name=precedence>{{cite web|url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/Equipaggiamenti/Militaria/Decorazioni/DecorazionieOnorificenze/Nastrinidecorazioniinuso/Pagine/default.aspx |title=Esercito Italiano- Nastrini delle decorazioni in uso |publisher=Esercito.difesa.it |access-date=2012-05-30|language=it}}</ref> | lower = Award for Civil Valor<ref name=precedence/> | image2 = 100px | image_size2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = Ribbon bar of the cross }}
The '''War Cross for Military Valor''' ({{langx|it|Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare}}) is an Italian order for military valor.<ref>[http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/onorificenze/ValorMilitare/fonti_ValMilitare_a.htm Regio Decreto 4 novembre 1932, n. 1423(1)] ''Medaglia e Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare,'' pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale 2 novembre 1932, n. 261</ref> Established in 1922, the cross may be awarded only in time of war.
== Appearance == The medal is a Greek cross made of copper. Inscribed on the horizontal arms is ''Al Valore Militare'' (For Military Valor). On the top arm of the cross is the monogram of the Italian Republic. The bottom arm depicts a Roman sword sheathed in bay leaves. The back of the cross depicts a five-pointed star, with rays radiating from behind that star out to the arms of the cross. The cross is suspended from a solid blue ribbon.
== Notable recipients == * Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta * Vernon Baker; Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, MoH * Heinrich Bleichrodt; German Kriegsmarine * Gaetano Costa; Regia Aeronautica * Douglas Fairbanks Jr, U.S. Navy * Carlo Fecia di Cossato; Commander, Regia Marina * Hamilton H. Howze; General, U.S. Army * Edgar Erskine Hume; Major General, U.S. Army * Clayton P. Kerr; Major General, U.S. Army * Wolfgang Lüth; German Kriegsmarine * Enrico Martini; Italian Lieutenant Colonel * Billy Mitchell; Brigadier General, U.S. Army * Kaoru Moto; Pfc, US Army, MoH * Charles R. Train; WWI, U.S. Navy<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108067194/wins-medal-while-serving-in-adriatic/ |title=Wins Medal While Serving in Adriatic Sea |date=1938-04-11 |newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{Open access}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Military awards and decorations of Italy
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