Partisan Cross (Poland)
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- Partisan Cross Krzyż Partyzancki
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• Name — Partisan Cross Krzyż Partyzancki • Eligibility — organizers, commanders and members of partisan units • Description — (see text) • Motto — ZA – POLSKĘ – WOLNOŚĆ – i LUD • Established — October 26, 1945 • Firstawarded — 1952 • Lastawarded — 1999 • Total Awarded — c. 55,000 • Higher — Cross of Valour (Poland)
Description
The Cross is a gold-plated Greek cross with thin arms, 38 x 38 mm. Obverse shows the eagle in the centre (the Polish coat-of-arms) and an inscription: "ZA – POLSKĘ – WOLNOŚĆ – i LUD" (For Poland, Liberty and People) on arms. The reverse bears the horizontal inscription "PARTYZANTOM" (to partisans), and the date "1939" on an upper vertical arm and "1945" on a lower arm. A ribbon is dark green, 35 mm wide, with black strips 7 mm wide, near both edges. In an order of precedency, the Partisan Cross was worn after Cross of Valour.
Number awarded
According to the data of the State Decorations Bureau of the State Council Chancellery and the Decorations Bureau of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, 75,374 crosses were awarded until 1987, and then additionally 18,651 crosses; in total - 94,025 crosses.
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- 1.Puchalski, Zbigniew. Dzieje polskich znaków zaszczytnych. Wydawn. Sejmowe. 263. 2000. 978-83-7059-388-9.
- 2.Oberleitner, Stefan. Orders, decorations and badges of the 3rd Republic of Poland 1990–1999. Adam Marszałek Publishing House. 54–55. 2001. 83-7174-726-8.
- 3.Journal of Laws of 1992, No. 90.
- 4.Wojciech Stela: Polish orders and decorations (Vol. I) . Warsaw: 2008, p. 20.
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