The Cross of Valour (Greek: Αριστείον Ανδρείας, Aristeion Andreias, lit. "Gallantry/Bravery Award") is the second highest (and until 1974 the highest)...

Cross of Valour (Canada), Canada's highest civil award Cross of Valour (Greece) (Αριστείο Ανδρείας), Greece's highest military award Cross of Valour (Papua...

Palaiologos. Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, October 1914 Founder of the Order of George I, 16 January...

Paul (Greek: Παύλος, romanized: Pav́los; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece, from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964. Paul was...

1936 Founder of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia, January 1936 Commander's cross of the Cross of Valour, 28 October 1946  Denmark: Knight of the Elephant...

best military commander in Greece". In the same year, he was awarded with the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, one of only three career Army officers...

Georgios Polymenakos (Greek: Γεώργιος Πολυμενάκος, 1859 - 1942) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general. Born in Areopolis...

Wars, was regent of Greece, and the first president of the Second Hellenic Republic. In total he served four times as head of the Greek state, the most...

Petros Soumilas or Soumilis (Greek: Πέτρος Σουμίλας/Σουμίλης) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general. He was born in Leukas...

Academy (Greek: Στρατιωτική Σχολή Ευελπίδων), commonly known as the Evelpidon, is a military academy. It is the Officer cadet school of the Greek Army and...

stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek career officer to rise to the rank of Field Marshal, Papagos became the first Chief of the Hellenic...

The Greek battalion's war flag also received the highest Greek military decoration, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, in 1954. The Greeks were...

award for bravery, the Gold Cross of Valour. He was the only Air Force officer to be awarded it during the war. When Greece capitulated to Germany (April...

unit's flag was awarded with Greece's highest military awards, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour and the War Cross First Class. The unit's casualties...

the victory of the government side, was appointed honorary Artillery Colonel and awarded the Silver War Cross and the Silver Cross of Valour. The partisan...

the 1944 Greek naval mutiny and restoring the fleet to combat readiness, for which he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour. He was...

highest Greek decoration for valour, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour. The regiment was disbanded on 2 May 1941, following the Greek army's...

Papoulas (Greek: Αναστάσιος Παπούλας; 1/13 January 1857 – 24 April 1935) was a Greek general, most notable as the Greek commander-in-chief during most of the...

Dimitrios Itsios (Greek: Δημήτριος Ίτσιος; 5 April 1906 – 6 April 1941) was a Hellenic Army non-commissioned officer of the reserves and war hero of World War...

the Battle of Crete, the North African campaign and the Italian campaign. Freyberg was involved in the Allied defeat in the Battle of Greece, defeated...

of Kallarat, Vranisht, and Bolenë on 22–28 December. The regiment received the highest Greek award for valour, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour...

the regiment was awarded the highest Greek military distinction, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, for its performance in the field. After...

service, he thrice received, among other awards, Greece's highest medal for bravery, the Gold Cross of Valour, an extremely rare honour. In the 1950s he attended...

award of the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, the Cross of Valour in Gold (2 times), the War Cross 2nd and 3rd class, and the Medal of Outstanding...

Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, World War II and the Greek Civil War, rising to become Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff. He also served as Greece's Ambassador...

Infantry Regiment (Greek: 7ο Σύνταγμα Πεζικού, abbrev. 7 ΣΠ) is a historic infantry regiment of the Hellenic Army, and the predecessor of the 7th Mechanized...

Commander of the Order of George I (Greece, 20 June 1944) Silver Cross (V Class) of the Virtuti Militari (Poland, 31 October 1944) Grand Cross of the Military...

been twice decorated with the highest Greek military distinction, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour, the first time on 19 June 1921 for the...

vessels, earning Iatridis a promotion to Commander and the Gold Cross of Valour, Greece's highest award for gallantry. Following the German invasion, Iatridis...

surviving member of the Sacred Band. Lt. General Korkas was highly decorated, receiving the highest Greek award for gallantry, the Cross of Valour in Gold, six...