The War Cross (or Cruz de Guerra) is a high military award of Spain to recognise battlefield bravery.
The decoration aims to prize those who have realized actions or facts of great efficiency, or they have given excellent services, both with valor during a continued period, inside one armed conflicts or of military operations involving or could involve resort to force, and carrying military abilities or remarkable command skills.
The medal was established in 1938 (BOE. Núm. 526) and has four different types:
The Spanish War Cross is modified by the Royal Decree 1 Royal Decree 1040/2003, 1 August (Spanish Official Gazette No. 177) that reduced the categories to one, Cruz (Cross) establishing an insignia with a new design.
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