Salib George
| Salib George | |
|---|---|
| The George Cross | |
 | |
| Jenis | Courage award, cross  |
| Dizahirkan | 24 September 1940 |
| Negara | United Kingdom |
| Pengasas | George VI |
| Jumlah lantikan | 161 |
| Susunan keutamaan | |
| Lebih tinggi | Victoria Cross |
| Lebih rendah | Darjah Garter |
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Salib George (George Cross, GC) ialah anugerah kurniaan kedua tertinggi dalam sistem penganugerahan United Kingdom atas "perbuatan kewiraan tertinggi atau keberanian terhebat ketika menghadapi ancaman bahaya melampau" (for acts of the greatest heroism or for most conspicuous courage in circumstance of extreme danger),[1] kepada sesiapa berwarganegara United Kingdom baik dalam kalangan askar mahupun orang awam seperti polis, anggota kecemasan seperti bomba.[2]
Penaugerahaan kurniaan ini diberikan secara terus oleh raja atau ratu United Kingdom di Istana Buckingham.[3]
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Clause five of the George Cross gazette
- ^ The phrase "in the presence of the enemy" was inserted into the Victoria Cross Warrant in 1881 and continues in the present warrant but is often quoted as "in the face of the enemy".
- ^ Mussell, J.W. (Editor), (2018), Medal Yearbook 2019, (Token Publishing Ltd: Devon)