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On 25 March 1933 the Sejm passed a new "Order of Virtuti Militari Act" (Ustawa o Orderze Virtuti Militari); this modified the shape of all the crosses and extended the privileges granted to recipients by the act of 1919. All recipients of the decoration had the right to buy railway tickets at 20% of their normal prices.
The Virtuti Militari has been awarded to people, towns, military units and ships. In the list, places are listed under the ! sign, ships and units are listed under * , while the people are listed under their respective names.
Pages in category "Recipients of the Virtuti Militari (1943–1989)" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Virtuti Militari.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Virtuti Militari.
Polish Decorations. Order of the White Eagle; Commander and Knight of Virtuti Militari; Grand Cross, Grand Officer and Officer of Order of Polonia Restituta, Four times Cross of Valour, Golden Cross of Merit (Złoty Krzyż Zasługi), and Cross of Independence with Swords. Foreign decorations. Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania,
Aniela Krzywoń (27 May 1925 – 12 October 1943) was a private in the "Emilia Plater" Independent Women's Battalion of the Polish People's Army during the Second World War and became the only woman in history who was not a citizen of the Soviet Union to be awarded the USSR's highest honor for bravery, the title Hero of the Soviet Union, after she died of injuries sustained while rescuing ...
Joanna Żubr (1772 or 1782 – 9 July 1852) was a Polish soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, a veteran of the Polish–Austrian War, and the first woman to receive the Virtuti Militari, the highest Polish military decoration.