cross of Combat 1ª e 2ª Classe

[lambert]

Created by Decree-Law 6795 17 August 1944, the cross of Combat soldiers who was intended to distinguish them in action, being:

a) first class-for all who practice acts of bravery or reveal a spirit of sacrifice in performance of combat missions. This can be conferred the medal units which protrude into the fight.

b) 2nd class-participants made exceptional charged jointly by several military.

In reverse aligned subtitles: UNITED STATES of BRAZIL; just below: relief, being the first abridged: follow-up will be written the name of fighting remembered and the date on which it was practiced the Act of bravery.Silk Ribbon red with green surrounds on the sides.

Combat cross 2nd Class-at all similar to first-class, but silver and taking in reverse: "2nd Class" instead of "1st class".

[lambert]

[lambert]

[lambert]

3º Sgt Lair Pires

foto cortesia: MuseudaFEB.

Edited February 10, 2011 by lambert

[Paul R]

Great set Lambert. What did he do to earn this award? Is his citation for the award public?

[lambert]

We have received information about their CC1, but his daughter remembers that he commented that he had received for having kept operating for a links to the attacks of Monte Castello. Anyway he did juz for having received it, becoming a great hero.

Received the following awards:

Combat Cross First Class (CC1)

Campaign Medal

War Medal

Military Medal Silver and Bronze

lambert

Edited February 10, 2011 by lambert

[lambert]

This is my medal belonged to the medical officer Jerome Cardoso, received the Combat Cross 2nd Class (Silver)

lambert

[juliozary]

643 COMBAT CROSS FIRST CLASS AND 1.117 SECOND CLASS WERE AWARDED TO THE BRAZILIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE MEMBERS, from 1945 to 1961.

As the initial lot did not last the total, at least 2 more lots were done. So, we know the existence of 4 different types of this medal.

Nowadays it remais as the most important brazilian army decoration.

Cheers.

Julio

[juliozary]

Here 2 pictures of the original type (1945)

Left - second class, and right - first class. 600 hundred of each were made. After 1951, the Brazilian Government had to make more medals to awards the FEB soldiers, but in a slightly different model.

Julio