[ZŁOTOROWICZ] PRL Set of Documents and Photographs Related to the Virtuti Militari - Tadeusz Zlotorowicz - Knight of the Virtuti Militari

A set of photographs and documents left by Tadeusz Zlotorowicz, who was awarded the Virtuti Militari for the Battle of Lagarde. The set includes:
-Two photographs in a veteran's uniform with the Virtuti Militari visible.
-Congratulations from the National Bank of Poland, where Tadeusz Zlotorowicz worked, on the occasion of being awarded the Virtuti Militari.
-Copy of a Virtuti Militari card dated April 16, 1975.
-Dr. Tadeusz Zlotorowicz's handwritten note detailing what he received the Virtuti Militari Cross for.
Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st Grenadier Regiment of the Warsaw 1st Grenadier Division, where he served as a machine gunner, wounded twice while breaking out of the German encirclement in the Battle of Desseling, for which he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari in 1975. From 1940 he was in German captivity, in 1942 he and two friends escaped from a POW camp and then made his way through France, Spain, Portugal and Ireland to Great Britain, where he joined the ranks of the 10th Mounted Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division. He traveled the entire combat route from Normandy to Wilhelmshaven, was awarded the Cross of Valor for destroying a "Panther" tank from a distance of 50 meters, and participated in the capture of General Otto Von Elfeld, commander of the 84th Corps. He served as a tank radio operator and next as a tank commander. After the war he completed a course at the merchant gymnasium of the 1st Armored Division and in 1947 he returned to the country and settled in Sosnowiec, he was very active in veterans' organizations.
General condition as in the photos.