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Polish Army Medal Medal Wojska Polskiego: Services to the Polish armed forces by foreign civilian and military personnel 1999 Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Establishment of the General Staff of the Polish Army. Medal 100-lecia utworzenia Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego Medal of Merit for Firefighters. Medal za Zasługi dla Strażacy
The Polish Army Medal (Polish: Medal Wojska Polskiego) was established by Poland on 3 September 1999 to recognize service to the Polish Army by foreign civilians and military personnel. [1] The medal is presented in three grades Gold, Silver, and Bronze by the Polish Minister of National Defence. Most awards are presented to members of allied ...
Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic; Medal for Participation in the Battle of Berlin; Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945; Medal of Merit for National Defence; Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland; Military Cross (Poland) Military Cross of Merit
Military awards and decorations of Poland (2 C, 19 P) O. Orders of chivalry of Poland (2 C, 2 P) R. Recipients of the commemorative badge Orlęta (25 P)
Recipients of the Polish Army Medal (15 P) V. Recipients of the Virtuti Militari (6 C, 110 P) Pages in category "Recipients of Polish military awards and decorations"
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Polish Army Medal. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Polish Army Medal .
The medal itself was approved as a military decoration by order of the communist-led State National Council on 22 December 1944. Up to 1947, some 40,000 of the medals were awarded to Polish soldiers fighting alongside the Red Army .
In Congress Poland, the Virtuti Militari medal was renamed the "Polish Military Medal" (Medal Wojskowy Polski). [2] Both the statutes of Virtuti Militari and privileges granted to recipients were preserved. A special commission was created to award the Virtuti Militari to veterans of the Napoleonic campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814.