Talk:War Cross of Military Valor

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Croce di Guerre

This article started life as the Croce di Guerre (War Cross) which was a decoration awarded during World War I and was presumably similar to the Croix de Guerre issued by France and Belgium. Somewhere along the line it has morphed into a different award, the Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare which according to the main page was not established until 1922 (and thus can't be the same one that was being awarded in 1919 (per several London Gazette references). Not being intimately familiar with the specifics of either award, can someone with more experience than I confirm if the Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare is essentially the successor to the Croce di Guerre. If it is, then they might be able to share the same article with the article expanded to cover relevant detail for the earlier award. If not, then a new article will need to be created, the Croce di Guerre redirect changed to the new article title and the list of recipients sorted into those that belong here and those that belong at the new article. As it stands, a number of the currently listed Notable recipients are World War I recipients who recieved the Croce di Guerre not the Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare. AusTerrapin (talk) 05:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that the award for valour presented before 1922 would be the War Merit Cross (Italy) with a sword appurtenance on the ribbon bar. Quoting from this unreferenced paragraph in that article, "Also, if an act of valour was deemed insufficient for the Medal of Military Valour, the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead; from 1922 onwards a bronze sword on the ribbon showed this class of award." That works with the London Gazette timeline and its placement in a subordinate position to the Bronze Medal of Military Valor. So does Croce di Guerra need to be disambiguation page? Cheers. EricSerge (talk) 11:59, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]