The Manticore Cross was the highest RMN decoration. It was awarded for gallantry in combat and only to officers of the Royal Manticoran Navy and Royal Manticoran Marine Corps.
The second-highest award for gallantry overall on Manticore, it was only one notch below the Star of Grayson and Parliamentary Medal of Valor in rank and importance. (HH1, HH2)
The award actually pre-dated the Star Kingdom, having first been given to Captain Franklin Casey in the early days of the Manticore colony. (MA2)
Recipients[]
- Captain Franklin Casey – first recipient (MA2)
- Admiral Carlton Locatelli – 1543 PD for his conduct in thwarting the Volsung invasion (MA2)
- Second Lieutenant Richard Maxwell – for bravery under fire. (HH9)
- Captain Honor Harrington – 1901 PD for her conduct in the First Battle of Basilisk (HH1)
- Captain Thoma (HH9)
- Captain Aivars Terekhov – c1915 PD for his conduct in the Battle of Hyacinth (SI1)
- Captain (JG) Michael Oversteegen – 1918 PD for his conduct in the Battle of Tiberian (CS1)