Lukasz Gaszewski

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My belief: Iron Crown + Red Cross + sth else (Leopold?)

The ribbon of OBE is visibly wider (3.8cm - 1 1/2") than that of LS&GC (3.2cm - 1 1/4"). Besides OBE should precede all other ribbons.

Now this is it! And here is what the original Monte Cassino bar looks like (source: Wiki). Best, Lukasz

Hello everyone, the only correct official precedence for a Polish military would be as follows: Krzyż Walecznych Medal Wojska Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino 1939-1945 Star Italy Star Defence Medal War Medal 1939-1945 It should be noted that the recipients who had both Medal Wojska and the War Medal were not supposed to wear them together (but they often did). I also do not think the medals could have belonged to a Brit, as both Medal Wojska and Monte Cassino were conferred exclusively upon members of the Polish Land Forces and not upon the Allies. Such a set of medals was typical of a soldier of the 2nd Polish Corps, who had participated in the capture of Monte Cassino in May 1944. Judging from the photos, the ribbons look genuine, although the Monte Cassino ribbon should have a bronze "Monte Cassino" bar upon it.

A cute bar and a nice-looking uniform! And slightly off-topic: on picture #2 there seem to be some nice examples of the small decoration to the upper classes of the Hungarian Order of Merit and the Spanish Order of Military Merit. Would you mind showing them to public too?

#2 is just the Honour Cross of the World War, which means that the photo was taken in 1934 or later.

An interesting piece. Wish it was original - unfortunately it isn't 😟

Miniatures are privately made... as usual free enterprise proves more efficient than state-administered giants. Not very new (3 October 2023), but as I could not see it pasted anywhere above, I think it can be of some interest: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/six-new-award-designs-featuring-the-kings-image-are-revealed

Yes, it is possible. In the ribbon bars of the Eastern Bloc it was also customary to display all received classes of your decorations, which you can see here, too.

To me it looks like an early 3rd Republic 4th Class (Officer) badge from ca. 1992-1995. It seems that slighly modified PRL stamps were used, The dimensions (55-56 mm) would match. The fairly poor quality of the ribbon would speak for that as well (cf. the quality of the pre-war ribbon). Interesting is the lack of the rosette, which should be there in that class. Not sure if it is what you atre looking for, but it is a diploma of awarding the fourth class (Officer) of the order.

Shouldn't there be the long service medal ribbons in the bottom row?

One little remark: this shoulder board (of a colonel) was used prior to WWI. In 1914 for obvious reasons the regiment lost the patron and the cypher was replaced by Russian "П" (P).

Found one on the awardmedals.com website.

A silver Cross of Merit, post-1990 version. It seems it was kept in unfavourable conditions.