Cross with Sword for actions performed after the end of World War II. The award was presented on Veterans day (also Victory in Europe Day), 8 May 2011. Colonel Eirik Johan Kristoffersen was awarded the citation on 8 April 2011, for outstanding leadership and bravery during operations in Afghanistan. The award was presented on Veterans day (also Victory in Europe Day), 8 May 2011. Captain Jørg Lian of Special Forces FSK was awarded the citation on 8 April 2011, for outstanding leadership and bravery during operations in Afghanistan. The award was presented on Veterans day (also Victory in Europe Day), 8 May 2011. Lieutenant Lars Kristian Lauritzen for bravery and courage in combat during international operations in Afghanistan (ISAF) in 2007. Major Kristian Bergh Stang for particularly excellent courage and leadership in combat during international operations in Afghanistan (ISAF) in 2008. Marinejegerkommandoen operator Ken Andersen for "extraordinary courage" in two separate counter-terror operations in Kabul, Afghanistan, the first responding to the 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack on 13 May 2015, the second in response to an attack on the Russian embassy on 6 October 2015. Recipients of the War Cross are ranked 33 in the national Norwegian order of precedence, after bearers of Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with collar and before recipients of the Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement. Polish recipients If not stated otherwise, all recipients were soldiers of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Samodzielna Brygada Strzelcow Podhalanskich), awarded 1942. Gen Władysław Sikorski - Prime Minister and C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces (1943-posthumously) Maj-Gen Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko - Commander of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade Lt-Col Janusz Iliński Lt-Col Wacław Kobyliński Maj Andrzej Stańczyk Capt Rudolf Marian Neuman Lt Kazimierz Kędzierski Lt Brunon Utnicki 2nd Lt Piotr Szewczyk Cadet Leon Słupieński Cpl Kazimierz Dziedzioch Pte Wasyl Cykwas Pte Jan Lasowski UK recipients All the awards were made in 1942, unless stated: Royal Family: King George VI Queen Elizabeth Royal Navy: Gazetted 13 October 1942 Capt Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee VC, (2nd Destroyer Flotilla). Capt Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton. HMS Aurora. (later Admiral & KCB) Capt John Graham Hewitt DSO Cdr Richard Been Stannard VC (HMT Arab) Acting Skpr David George Spindler CGM PO George Campbell Skene CGM Gazetted 23 March 1943: Lt-Cdr Sir Alexander "Sandy" Glen, DSC*, CBE (1964), KBE (1967), Czechoslovak War Cross, Patron's medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1940), the silver Polar medal (1942),