Order of the Cross of Grunwald
Outstanding merit in commanding and development of the Polish Armed Forces • Status — No longer awarded • Established — November 1943 20 February 1944 (official date) • Firstawarded — 1943/1944 • Image2 — 1st Class Ribbon 2nd Class Ribbon • Caption2 — 3rd Class Ribbon The Order of the Cross of Grunwald (Order Krzyża Grunwaldu) was a military decoration created in Poland in November 1943 by the High Command of Gwardia Ludowa, a World War II Polish resistance movement organised by the Polish Workers Party. On 20 February 1944 it was confirmed by the State National Council and on 22 December by the Polish Committee of National Liberation and further confirmed on 17 February 1960 by the government of the People's Republic of Poland. The Order of the Cross of Grunwald was conferred to Polish or the allied military for valour or merit in combat with Nazi Germany.
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Order of the Cross of Grunwald
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- Order of the Cross of Grunwald Order Krzyża Grunwaldu
- Period
- 1943
- Region
- Poland · Polish People's Republic
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Outstanding merit in commanding and development of the Polish Armed Forces • Status — No longer awarded • Established — November 1943 20 February 1944 (official date) • Firstawarded — 1943/1944 • Image2 — 1st Class Ribbon 2nd Class Ribbon • Caption2 — 3rd Class Ribbon The Order of the Cross of Grunwald (Order Krzyża Grunwaldu) was a military decoration created in Poland in November 1943 by the High Command of Gwardia Ludowa, a World War II Polish resistance movement organised by the Polish Workers Party. On 20 February 1944 it was confirmed by the State National Council and on 22 December by the Polish Committee of National Liberation and further confirmed on 17 February 1960 by the government of the People's Republic of Poland. The Order of the Cross of Grunwald was conferred to Polish or the allied military for valour or merit in combat with Nazi Germany.
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After the end of the Second World War it continued to be awarded for merit in commanding or outstanding contribution to the development of the Polish Armed Forces. It was disestablished by the President of Poland via Parliament in 1992.
Recorded constituent parts are Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class, Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class and Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class. It is associated with Poland and Polish People's Republic. The record gives 1943 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1986.
Obverse of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald 3rd class
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• Name — Order of the Cross of Grunwald Order Krzyża Grunwaldu • Presenter — Poland • Type — Three-class military decoration • Eligibility — Polish or foreign military • Awarded For — Valour or merit in combat with Nazi Germany
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The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that order of the Cross of Grunwald is associated with Poland and Polish People's Republic. Recorded from 1943.
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