#31 POLAND POLISH ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI, #492, 5th class Type I medal. Silver gilt worn, perfect enamels. Awarded to St Sierzant Jan Bartos on May 17th 1921 who was attached to the 9th Pilsudski Legion Infantry Regiment. It was awarded for the Polish Soviet War one of the greatest historical battles which changed world history resulted in the 2nd greatest Polish military victory after the Battle of Grunwald. Sgt Bartos was one of the first to be decorated with the re-instituted VM. Very rare original, 1st type VM. Mounted on an new replacement ribbon. Only a fraction of these 9,999 awarded VMs survived today. Its historical value is beyond price. The free listing tool. The item “#492 Jan Bartos POLAND ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI, Type I, for Battle of Warsaw 1920″ is in sale since Thursday, June 16, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
POLAND POLISH ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI #3290 Type I, Awarded to Kanonier (Artilleryman) Antoni Nowak on February 18,1922 attached to the 7th DAK Regiment for the Polish Soviet War. In excellent condition for its age. On a replacement ribbon, official government issue. The item “#3290 ANTONI NOWAK, POLAND ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI, Type I, awarded in 1922″ is in sale since Saturday, November 19, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
Virtuti Militari Numbered 4495 was awarded to Lieutenant Aleksander KULIKOWSKI born 5th March 1892 also awarded the Krzy Walecznych (Cross of Valour) served with the 10PUL 10 Puk Uanów Litewskich 10th. Regiment of Lithuanian Uhlans. Assigned on 29 October 1921 In the Rocznik Oficerski 1923 (Officers Yearbook 1923) he is listed as serving in 10PUL but by this time he was in the reserves. The item “POLAND ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI Type I 1921″ is in sale since Monday, July 31, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “argonne1718″ and is located in Recife, Pernambuco. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Polish orders VM, cl. V, Silver Cross, number 5327, Maker by Krupski-Matulewicz. The item “Poland polish Order of Virtuti Militari V cl. Original” is in sale since Monday, October 31, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “ludwigsburger42″ and is located in Ludwigsburg. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Polish orders VM, cl. V, Silver Cross, number 5327, Maker by Krupski-Matulewicz. The item “Poland polish Order of Virtuti Militari V cl. Original” is in sale since Thursday, October 27, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “ludwigsburger42″ and is located in Ludwigsburg. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Polish orders VM, cl. V, Silver Cross, real silver, marked. Duplicate, no number, Maker by Stanislaw Owczarski, Warszawa. The item “Poland polish Order of Virtuti Militari V cl. Real silver duplicate” is in sale since Saturday, October 22, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “ludwigsburger42″ and is located in Ludwigsburg. This item can be shipped worldwide.
#381 POLISH POLAND WWII EXILE 1ST KRECHOWIECKI LANCERS REGIMENT BADGE OF COLONEL MOSCICKI. TYPE II, Silver gilt with superb enamels. Plain screw back disk. The free listing tool. The item “381 POLAND WWII EXILE 1ST KRECHOWIECKI LANCER REG BADGE, awarded Virtuti Militari” is in sale since Sunday, November 30, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Ft Lauderdale. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country//Region of Manufacture: Italy
POLAND POLISH ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI, 1930s restrike 5th class, silver gilt and enamels. Many were made from original dies. This example has a new ribbon. Super enamels with large and heavy suspension. Copies of VMs were made before the war as replacements for lost government issued numbered type. These copies were made mostly in silver gilt from bronze/brass metal. About 10 different jewelers all over Poland made them. Polish military regulations required that the highest decoration a soldier was awarded be worn at all times even in combat or in training. Most of these original VMs were lost during WWII when Polish soldiers were captured or executed as in the case of the Katyn Forest Massacre where 20,000 Polish officers and enlisted were executed by the Soviets. Photos are seen with bodies still wearing their decorations. The collection offered for sale here consists of many different copies made before and after the war in cheaper design as well as pre WW. In most cases when copies were made by Gontarczyk, Wabinski, Reising, Knedler or Krupski and Matulewic. These copies were made from the same dies, same metal but without the official number on the lower reverse arm of the cross. Only the official government issued VMs were numbered from 1-9,999. There were never any numbered duplicates made. Post war copies were made from new dies and the quality was very inferior as seen on current copies made by Panansiuk. The free listing tool. The item “#30r POLAND POLISH ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI, 5TH CL, 1930s, medal, restrike, wtornik” is in sale since Saturday, May 30, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
#31 POLAND POLISH ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI, #492, 5th class Type I medal. Silver gilt worn, perfect enamels. Awarded to St Sierzant Jan Bartos on May 17th 1921 who was attached to the 9th Legion Infantry Regiment. Awarded for the Polish Soviet War. One of the first to be decorated with the re-instituted VM. Very rare original, 1st type VM. Mounted on an new replacement ribbon. Only a fraction of the 9,999 awarded VMs survived today. The free listing tool. The item “#492 Jan Bartos POLAND POLISH ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI, 5th cl. 1921Type I very rare” is in sale since Wednesday, November 12, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
#30 POLAND POLISH WWII POLISH AIR FORCE ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI, #9198, 5th class, Silver gilt worn, superb enamels. Jozef Zawadzki who was attached to the 304th Slask Bomber Squadron as a Pilot observer during the Battle of Britain. Very rare 2nd type VM. A small number of these 5th class VMs were left over from 1921 production run and awarded until the supply ran out with the last number being 9,999. After that, VMs were never machine stamped with numbers. New supply of VMs were ordered from Spinks, Rubin in Palestine, in Italy and Polish Tech jewelers in London. Mounted on a old original Swiss made ribbon. New replacement ribbon will be supplied. Very rare VM award for Polish Air Force members. It is one of 1,500 crosses awarded during WWII which were made in the 1920’s. Superb example of Polish Military History during WWII. It maybe of some interest to those who are not familiar with Polish History to know that thousands of VM recipients from the WWI era also fought in the 1939 campaign. The where killed on the battlefield in full uniform or captured. In once place at one time at Katyn, 22,000 thousand Polish officers and NCOs were shot by the Soviets. The item “#9198 Jozef Zawacki POLAND ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI, 5th cl WWII PAF PILOT, 304 Sq” is in sale since Wednesday, November 12, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “polishmilitaria” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland