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| rdfs:comment | - The Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari (War Order of Virtuti Militari) (Latin for "To Military Valour") is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use. It is awarded in five classes either for personal heroism or, to commanders, for leadership. Some of the heroic actions recognized by an award of the Virtuti Militari are equivalent to those meriting the British Victoria Cross or the American Medal of Honor.
- The Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari (War Order of Virtuti Militari) (Latin for "For Military Valour") is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use. It is awarded in five classes either for personal heroism or, to commanders, for leadership. Some of the heroic actions recognized by an award of the Virtuti Militari are equivalent to those meriting the British Victoria Cross or the American Medal of Honor.
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| Status | - In the award system but a wartime decoration only
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| Name | - Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari
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| eligibility | - Military personnel/ Military units
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| Content | - • Brigadier General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski
- • Brig. Franciszek Latinik, Jan Romer, Edward Rydz
- • Col. Mieczysław Kuliński, Stanisław Skrzyński
- • Including: 1,800 posthumously and 187 to foreigners
- I Class
- I Class :
- II Class :
- III Class
- IV Class
- IV Class e.g. Antoni Patek
- Lt. Michał Cichocki, Ludwik Metzel
- • Lt.Gen. Józef Poniatowski, Tadeusz Kościuszko
- V Class
- • płk Stefan Dąb-Biernacki, ppłk Gustaw Paszkiewicz, Maj. Zygmunt Piasecki
- • ppłk Gustaw Paszkiewicz, Kazimierz Rybicki, Stefan Dąb-Biernacki
- • Gen. Józef Piłsudski, Józef Haller de Hallenburg
- • Marshal of the USSR and Marshal of Poland Konstanty Rokossowski
- • Maj.Gen. Michał Wielhorski, Stanisław Mokronowski, Józef Zajączek
- • Aleksander Rożniecki
- • Amilkar Kosiński
- • Armando Diaz
- • Brig. Eustachy Sanguszko
- • Brigadier General Antoni Chruściel
- • Brigadier General Bronisław Duch
- • Brigadier General Franciszek Kleeberg
- • Brigadier General Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann
- • Capt. Andrzej Kopa, Adam Koc
- • Captain Władysław Raginis
- • City of Warsaw for Heroic defence in 1939
- • Col. Józef Poniatowski, Michał Chomętowski
- • Duke of Aosta Emmanuele Filiberto
- • Duke of Torino Emmanuele Filiberto
- • Ferdinand Foch
- • Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
- • Field Marshals: Yasukata Oku
- • Gen. Zygmunt Zieliński
- • Gen.bryg. Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski
- • Gen.dyw. Edward Rydz
- • General Aleksei Antonov
- • General Jan Skrzynecki
- • General Karol Świerczewski
- • General Ludvík Svoboda
- • Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
- • Jan Romer
- • John Pershing
- • Józef Chłopicki
- • Józef Zajączek
- • Kageaki Kawamura
- • Karol Kniaziewicz
- • Kazimierz Sosnkowski
- • King of Italy Vittorio Emmanuele III
- • King of Romania Ferdinand I
- • King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Alexander I
- • King of the Belgians Albert I
- • Leonard Skierski
- • Louis Nicolas Davout
- • Lt General Bolesław Kieniewicz
- • Lt General Juliusz Rómmel
- • Lt General Karol Świerczewski
- • Lt General Marian Spychalski
- • Lt General Stanisław Maczek
- • Lt General Stanisław Popławski
- • Lt General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
- • Lt General Tadeusz Kutrzeba
- • Lt General Władysław Anders
- • Lt General Władysław Korczyc
- • Lt.Col. Ludwik Kamieniecki
- • Lt.Gen. Wacław Iwaszkiewicz
- • Lucjan Żeligowski
- • Ludwik Pac
- • Maj. Mieczysław Mackiewicz
- • Maj. Mikołaj Bronikowski, Józef Szczutowski
- • Maj. Zygmunt Piasecki
- • Major General Nikolai Bulganin
- • Major Henryk Sucharski
- • Marshal Alexander Vasilievski
- • Marshal Andriey Grechko
- • Marshal Georgy Zhukov
- • Marshal Ivan Koniev
- • Marshal Leonid Brezhnev
- • Marshal Michał Rola-Żymierski
- • Marshal of Poland Józef Piłsudski
- • Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito
- • Maxime Weygand
- • Michał Sokolnicki
- • Mieczyslaw Garsztka
- • Mikołaj Bronikowski
- • Prince Józef Poniatowski
- • Sgt. Kazimierz Sipika, Stanisław Jakubowicz
- • Sq.L. Bartłomiej Giżycki
- • Stanisław Fiszer
- • Stanisław Haller de Hallenburg
- • Stanisław Szeptycki
- • Wacław Iwaszkiewicz
- • Walery Sławek
- • Władysław Sikorski
- • and 11 foreigners
IV Class
- • and 43 foreigners
Class V
- • rotm Stanisław Radziwiłł
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| Header | - Medal chapter
- Provisional chapter
- Recipients
- Recipients (PRL)
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| Lower | - Order of Polonia Restituta
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| comparable | - British Commonwealth Victoria Cross
- United States Medal of Honor
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| abstract | - The Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari (War Order of Virtuti Militari) (Latin for "To Military Valour") is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use. It is awarded in five classes either for personal heroism or, to commanders, for leadership. Some of the heroic actions recognized by an award of the Virtuti Militari are equivalent to those meriting the British Victoria Cross or the American Medal of Honor. Soon after its introduction, however, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was destroyed in the partitions of Poland (1795), and the partitioning powers abolished the decoration and prohibited its wearing. Since then, the award has been reintroduced, renamed and banned several times, with its fate closely reflecting the vicissitudes of the Polish people. Throughout the decoration's existence, thousands of soldiers and officers, Polish and foreign, several cities and one ship have been awarded the Virtuti Militari for valor or outstanding leadership in war. There have been no new awards since 1989.
- The Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari (War Order of Virtuti Militari) (Latin for "For Military Valour") is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use. It is awarded in five classes either for personal heroism or, to commanders, for leadership. Some of the heroic actions recognized by an award of the Virtuti Militari are equivalent to those meriting the British Victoria Cross or the American Medal of Honor. Soon after its introduction, however, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was destroyed in the partitions of Poland (1795), and the partitioning powers abolished the decoration and prohibited its wearing. Since then, the award has been reintroduced, renamed and banned several times, with its fate closely reflecting the vicissitudes of the Polish people. Throughout the decoration's existence, thousands of soldiers and officers, Polish and foreign, several cities and one ship have been awarded the Virtuti Militari for valor or outstanding leadership in war. There have been no new awards since 1989.
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