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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infantry of the Polish Armed Forces, independence activist, awarded the Virtuti Militari. He was born on the 6th of August 1895 in the village of Polanka [pl]...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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John J. Pershing (category Commanders of the Virtuti Militari)
the Order of Leopold (Belgium) WWI Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Order Virtuti Militari (2nd class – Commander's Cross) (Poland) Order of the White Lion (1st...
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