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Partisan Cross
54,665 Awarded
Instituted in 1945. Awarded to Polish partisans and members of the
underground. Also awarded to Polish partisans in France, Yugoslavia
& the U.S.S.R.
Obverse: ZA PLOSKE WOLNOSC I LUD (For Poland,
Freedom & the People).
Reverse: PARTYZANTOM (Partisans)
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Polish Armed Forces in the West
Military Action Cross
Established 1989
Awarded to former members of the armed services who fought alongside
the allies in the West.
The only Polish decoration with campaign bars.
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Auschwitz Cross
Established in 1985 to honour former concentration camp prisoners.
Obverse: Prisoner symbol.
Reverse: PRL, WIEZNIOM OBOZOW
KONCENTRACYJNYC, (For Prisoners of the Concentration
Camps).
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Medal for Participation in the War of
Defence.
Established in 1984
Awarded to military & civilians who served against the Nazi invasion
in 1939
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Siliesian Uprising Cross
Established in 1946
To honour participants in the Silesian Uprising in 1921 & who fought
in that region in 1939 & 1945.
Obverse: The dates 1921, 1939 & 1945.
Reverse: BOJOWNKOM SLASKA (Silesian Warriors).
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Warsaw Uprising Cross
Instituted in 1984, to honour participants of the warsaw uprising in
1944.
Obverse Polish Flag with the PW, POLSKA WALCZACA,
(fighting Poland) symbol.
Reverse POWSTANCOM WARSZAWY (For the
Insurgents of Warsaw).
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