Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
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The Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand (Spanish: Cruz Laureada de San Fernando) is Spain's highest military award for gallantry. It is awarded in recognition of action, either individual or collective, to protect the nation, its citizens or the peace and security of the international community in the face of immediate risk to the bearer or bearers' life or lives. Those eligible are current and former members of the Spanish Armed Forces and the Civil Guard (the Spanish police force).
Among the conditions laid out by the Royal Military Order of Saint Ferdinand for the granting of the award are:
- that the sole purpose of the action taken wasn't the saving of life;
- that, as far as possible, the damage and number of casualties caused by the action was minimized;
- that the action was taken in the face of significant odds or other detrimental factors;
- that the action taken made a crucial difference to the situation in which it occurred.
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Loosely adapted from the Spanish Wikipedia article on the same topic.
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