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Country: France
Established: 8 April 1915
Criteria:
Croix de Guerre
During World War I, the Croix de Guerre was awarded for bravery to military personnel mentioned in dispatches. Recipients of the Légion d'Honneur and Médaille Militaire were automatically entitled to the Croix de Guerre. For subsequent acts of bravery, the recipient was awarded a bronze palm leaf for Army citations, a gold star for Corps citations, a silver star for Division citations or a bronze star for Brigade and Regimental citations:

Régiment and Brigade citations étoile de bronze
Division citations étoile d'argent
Corps citations étoile de vermeil
Armée citations palme de bronze

1 palme d'argent equals = 5 palmes de bronze
 
Recipients - World War I Aces
191 Martin, Louis Honore
1 Palm, 1 Star
192 Marty, Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine
193 Massenet-Royer De Marancour, Robert Leon Henri
8 Palms
194 Masters, Ernest Harold
02 Nov 1918*
195 Matton, Jean Georges Fernand
196 Maud, Charles Midgley
197 Maunoury, Ernest Joseph Jules
198 McCudden, James Thomas Byford
21 Jan 1916
199 McKeever, Andrew Edward
200 Meissner, James Armand
* Gazetted
 
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