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The Volunteer Cross for War and the Volunteer Medal for War (Krzyż i Medal Ochotniczy za Wojnę) were Polish military decorations introduced just before...

to serve in a combat unit during World War II. It is the equivalent of the "1914–1918 Volunteer combatant's cross" (French: "Croix du Combattant Volontaire...

designated for those who volunteered to serve on the front in a combat unit during the Great War. The requirements for obtaining the cross were defined...

to a civilian – before the Volunteer Cross for War (Medal Ochotniczy za Wojnę). The recipients of all grades of the Cross of Independence had a right...

The Cross of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant (French: "Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance") is a French decoration that recognizes, as...

in what it called "retaliation" for the attack. The Russian Volunteer Corps claimed responsibility for the alleged cross-border raid, and posted videos...

The Army Medal for War 1939-1945 (Polish: Medal Wojska za Wojne 1939-45) was created in 1945 by the Polish government in Exile (in London) to reward members...

The American Red Cross Clubmobile Service was a mobile service club created during World War II staffed by American Red Cross volunteers, often referred...

Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1920. The Volunteer Army fought against Bolsheviks and the Makhnovists on the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence...

from Red Cross employees. Volunteers are organised into three different groups, responding to different needs: community volunteering - support for homelessness...

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with more than 17,200 volunteers and 3,400 staff...

Civil War, women volunteered their time to sew supplies for the soldiers and the "Angel of the Battlefield" Clara Barton and a team of volunteers began...

counter-terrorism measures in the region. It is the largest cross-border attack during the war since the initial beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine...

they were received; 12 crosses (krzyż), 3 medals (medal) and 6 stars (gwiazda) in specific order of precedence; other crosses and awards in order they...

wight of 3 mm. The order was worn after the Volunteer Cross for War and the Cross of Merit, and before the Cross on Silesian Ribbon of Valor and Merit. Polish:...

The Serbian Volunteer Corps (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски добровољачки корпус, Serbian: Srpski dobrovoljački korpus, SDK for short; German: Serbisches Freiwilligenkorps)...

civil war. In the 1940s during World War II, the Red Cross enrolled 7.5 million volunteers along with 39,000 paid staff and more than 104,000 nurses for military...

The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration...

II signed the decree creating the 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross. The 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross (French: Croix Commémorative des Volontaires...

serve as a volunteer for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. It has been estimated that between 3,000 and 10,000 of the volunteers were Jews from...