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    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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    The Order of the White Eagle (Polish: Order Orła Białego) is the highest order of merit of the Republic of Poland and one of the oldest distinctions in...
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    Leopold Okulicki (category Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
    War (1919–1921), decorated with the highest Polish military order, the Virtuti Militari. In the interwar period he remained in the army and in 1925 graduated...
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    The Order of Polonia Restituta (Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski, English: Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921...
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    Władysław Sikorski (category Commanders of the Virtuti Militari)
    out.  Poland: Order of the White Eagle (posthumously in 1943) Commander of the Virtuti Militari (1923) Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari (1921) Grand...
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    Gustaw Paszkiewicz (category Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
    Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta...
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    Lithuanian–Soviet War. The initial design was based on the Polish Virtuti Militari with an addition of crossed swords, but no such crosses were actually...
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  • Reinhold Smyczek (category Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
    the Order Virtuti Militari by the Polish Government in Exile 1981: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1986: Officer's Cross of the Order of...
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    Golden Cross of the Order Virtuti Militari (Poland) Silver Cross of the Order Virtuti Militari (Poland) Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta...
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    ORP Błyskawica (category Recipients of the Virtuti Militari)
    Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria...
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