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Baliuk Igor, Horbatiuk Ustym - Polish Orders and Decorations, 2021, ISBN 9786177230147
167 pages, format approx. B5, hardcover, edition of 100 pieces, blunted corners of the cover. The book contains a description of 340 awards and presents more than 800 color photos of orders and medals. The Polish system of orders and medals is presented, starting from the establishment of the first order in 1634 and de facto from 1705 to the times of the Partitions, the Duchy of Warsaw, the Kingdom of Poland, the awards of the Second Republic of Poland, the government of the Republic of Poland abroad, the People's Republic of Poland and the current awards of the Third Republic of Poland since 1990, with seniority given. Described medals and decorations, in addition to a color photo, have: name, date of establishment, reason for awarding and to whom, technical description (alloy, dimensions, shape), description of obverse and reverse, number of medals awarded and date of termination of awarding. The book presents: Order of the White Eagle, Order of War Virtuti Militari, Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of the Military Cross, Order of the Cross of Independence, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, state medals (crosses, medals, stars), departmental medals, unawarded medals of the Second Republic of Poland and the People's Republic of Poland, non-state medals, medals of local governments.
