The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: "For Military Virtue", Polish: Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism...
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Charles de Gaulle (category Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
the Polish army, and won Poland's highest military decoration, the Virtuti Militari.: 71–74 De Gaulle returned to France, where he became a lecturer in...
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Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (category Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
d'honneur and made a Knight of Malta, also receiving the Gold Cross of Virtuti Militari. Alexandre Walewski died of a stroke at Strasbourg on 27 September...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (category Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari)
(Philippines) Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand Cross (Poland) Order of Virtuti Militari, First Class (Poland) Cross of Grunwald, First Class (Poland) Order...
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Albert I of Belgium (category Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari)
Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko (category Recipients of the Virtuti Militari)
created Virtuti Militari, to this day Poland's highest military decoration. Storożyński states that Kościuszko received the Virtuti Militari for his later...
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Adrian Carton de Wiart (category Recipients of the Virtuti Militari)
and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Virtuti Militari (Poland) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Legion of Honour (France) Croix...
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Józef Piłsudski (category Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari)
Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] (Polish: [ˈjuzɛf ˈklɛmɛns piwˈsutskʲi] ; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State...
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Victor Emmanuel III (category Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari)
1st Class, 1902 Poland: Knight of the White Eagle Grand Cross of the Virtuti Militari, 12 December 1923 Portugal: Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the...
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Warsaw (category Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2020. ORDER OF VALOUR "VIRTUTI MILITARI", FIFTH CLASS Capital City of Warsaw 1940 To the inhabitants of the...
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