Riley1965 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Posted March 21, 2007 Guys,Thank You!!! I have a whole lot more to post and that's just my Polish medals. More to come!!! Doc
order_of_victory Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Great collection Doc keep up the good work Order of Victory
Riley1965 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Posted April 4, 2007 Austro Hungarian Empire#1 1908 Commemorative Cross
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Think the last one is a coronation one... difficult to read though...
JimZ Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Very nice. I particularly prefer the Cross of Merit 1,2 and 3 with swords especially their reverses.... and of course the cross for Monte Cassino.Keep it up.Jim
Ulsterman Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 nice collection Doc- they'd look good on the OMSA database too of course.
Riley1965 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Posted April 4, 2007 Ulsterman,All of these except one or two Austro-Hungarian medals are already in the OMSA Database. I post them there as I get them. Thanks to all for your compliments!!! I will continue to post my entire collection as I have time. There's a lot to post and more coming in each month. Doc
Riley1965 Posted April 7, 2007 Author Posted April 7, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDThe Auschwitz Cross was established in 1985 to honor all former prisoners of the German concentration camps. A silver cross with a triangular prisoners symbol and a letter P on red enamel background. The reverse has barb wire and the years 1939-1945 with the words, PRL, Wiezniom Obozow Koncentracyjnych ( For Prisoners of the Concentration Camps). The cross is worn on a gray ribbon with blue stripes. The cross is 45mm x 45mm.
Riley1965 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDEstablished in 1945 as an award for meritorious servcie in combat operations during the German occupation of Poland. The cross was also awarded to partisans in France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet union. The cross is gold gilt with indented borders on both sides The medal is worn on a green ribbon with black border stripes. The cross is 39mm x 39mm.
Riley1965 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDEstablished in 1946 to honor those who participated in the Silesian Uprising in 1921 and fought in that region in 1939 and 1945. The ribbon is a combination of stripes which includes the colors of the Cross of Valor, Order of Grunwald and the pre-war Cross of Silesian Valor and Merit. Light blue, red and white center, and red and white border stripes. The cross is 39mm x 39mm.
Riley1965 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDVeteran's Commemorative cross
Riley1965 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDMedal for the participation in the baltle for BerlinInstituted on 21 Apr.1966
Riley1965 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLANDMedal for the War of 1939
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