Orders, Decorations and Medals of Poland

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Kris Duzniak, Lukasz Gaszewski (if he doesn't know about a Polish medal, nobody does!), Ed Haynes, Michael J. Riley, and Yuri Yashnev for pictures generously shared.

Grateful thanks to La Galerie Numismatique and Spinks, who have allowed use of pictures from their catalogue.

Links

President of Poland - Ordery i odznaczenia

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Ribbons of Poland - Page 1 - Page 2

David Devine - Rusty Knight's Place: Polish Medals

Kris Duzniak - Polish Medals (Archived February 2012)

Lukasz Gaszewski - Orders and Decorations of Poland - excellent collection of information about Polish orders, decorations and medals from 1918 to the present day.

Lukasz Gaszewski - Ribbons of the Republic of Poland 1918-1945

Lukasz Gaszewski - Ribbons of People's Poland, 1944-89

Lukasz Gaszewski - Ribbons of the Polish Republic, 1990-date

Vladimir Kiryushin - ПОЛЬША. НАГРАДНАЯ СИСТЕМА. ХХ ВЕК [Poland's Reward System in the 20th Century]

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Medals of Poland (Archived July 2014)

Andre Mongeon - Polish Medals and Militaria - comprehensive coverage of Second Republic, Second World War and People's Republic eras of Polish medallic history.

Jeremy Newman - Jeremy's Medals: Poland

Stefan Oberleitner - Ordery i odznaczenia polski - fine images from all eras of Polish history (Archived January 2014)

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: Poland

Eric Semon - Décorations Polonaises

Sven Vik - World Orders and Medals: Poland

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini POLONIA

Wikipedia - Orders, Decorations and Medals of Poland

MedalBook - Poland

Text References

Ball, R.W.D., and Peters, P. (1994) Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe: A photographic study to the beginning of WW2. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Barac, B. (2016) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World: Part 1V Gold Book (P-Z). OBOL, Zagreb

Gaszewski, L. (2007) 'Order of the Military Cross - a New Polish Award' Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 58(3): 20-25.

Gaszewski, L. (2008) 'New Military Awards of Poland' Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 59(1): 13-20.

Gaszewski, L. (2011) 'Long-Service Awards for the Armed Forces in Poland' Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 62(2): 23-31.

Hieronymussen, P. (1967) Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe London, Blandford.

Jakubowski,P., and Tabaszewski, R.K. (Eds) (2014) Ordery i odznaczenia w III RP: Wybrane zagadnienia prawno-ustrojowe Lublin, Wydawnictwo KUL.

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