French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 82d Airborne Division Artillery
Announced in Department of the Army General Orders 43, 19 December 1950.

No separate citation issued.

Up to and including June 30, 1923, altogether 434 members or former members of the Army had been authorized to wear the French fourragère, or shoulder cord, as an individual decoration in the colors of the French Croix de Guerre (green and red) under existing regulations.

Chapter 28, Army Regulation 670-1
(Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia)
1 September 1992

i. Foreign unit awards. The following foreign unit awards, listed in their order of precedence, are authorized for wear on the Army uniform when at least one U.S. decoration or service medal or ribbon is worn at the same time:

  1. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
  2. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
  3. Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation
  4. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
  5. Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation
  6. Fourrageres (no order of precedence: French Fourragere; Belgian Fourragere; Netherlands Orange Lanyard)

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