Editing Mentioned in dispatches (section)

===Mentions with cross===
The citations are given for acts of gallantry by any member of the French military or its allies and are, depending on the degree, roughly the equivalent of the US [[Bronze Star Medal]] or [[Silver Star]] and the UK Mention in Dispatches or [[Military Cross]] and, formerly, the [[Military Medal]].

Mentions made during the two World Wars or colonial conflicts were accompanied with awards of a {{Lang|fr|[[Croix de Guerre]]}} or a {{lang|fr|[[Croix de la Valeur Militaire]]}}, with attachments on the ribbon depending on the mention's degree : the lowest degree is represented by a bronze star while the highest degree is represented by a bronze palm.
* a bronze star for those who had been mentioned at the [[regiment]] or [[brigade]] level.
* a silver star for those who had been mentioned at the [[Division (military)|division]] level.
* a silver gilt star for those who had been mentioned at the [[army Corps|corps]] level.
* a bronze palm for those who had been mentioned at the [[army]] level.
* a silver palm represents five bronze ones.
* a silver gilt palm for those who had been mentioned at the [[Free French Forces]] level (World War II only).

A unit can also be mentioned in dispatches. The unit standard is then decorated with the corresponding Croix. After two mentions, the men of the unit are entitled to wear a [[fourragère]].

{| class="wikitable centre"
! First World War
! Colonial Wars 1920–1926
! Second World War
! [[First Indochina War|Indochina]], [[Malagasy Uprising|Madagascar]], [[Korean War|Korea]], [[Suez Crisis]], [[Gulf War|Gulf]] and [[Kosovo War|Kosovo]]
! [[Tunisian independence|Tunisia]], [[Algerian War|Algeria]], every military operation where TOE Cross is not awarded
|- valign=top
![[File:Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 ribbon.svg|100 px]]<br />[[Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)|1914–1918 War Cross]]
![[File:Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs ribbon.svg|100 px]]<br />[[Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures|TOE War Cross]]
![[File:Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 ribbon.svg|100 px]]<br />[[Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)|1939–1945 War Cross]]
![[File:Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs ribbon.svg|100 px]]<br />[[Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures|TOE War Cross]]
![[File:Croix de la Valeur Militaire ribbon.svg|100 px]]<br />[[Cross for Military Valour]]
|-
|}