4th class cross awarded on May 5, 1916 to General Augustin Dubail.
On display at Museum of the Legion of Honor and the Orders of Chivalry, Paris.
Eduard-made 4th class cross in gold.
Auguste Yvon Edmond Dubail /April 15, 1851, Belfort - January 7, 1934 , Paris/ graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military School and the General Staff Academy in 1878.
During the Franco-Prussian War, he took part in the battles of Saarbrücken, Spichern, etc. After the siege of Metz, as part of Bazaine’s army, he was captured by the Germans. After the end of the war, he returned from captivity to France and was a member of the Supreme Military Council and Chief of the General Staff.
Since 1912 - commander of the 9th Army Corps, with the outbreak of the First World War - commander of the 1st Army. During the fighting in Lorraine, Dubay's army was defeated and forced to retreat. After this, in 1915, Dubay's army takes part in the 1915 operations on the Western Front, but achieves no success. Since March 1916, military governor of Paris.
After the end of the war, he commanded troops in Lorraine, the Vosges and Alsace.