Ch. 10

WAR DECORATIONS awarded to Franek Rymaszewski




shoulder stripe
BRITISH DECORATIONS awarded by  BRITISH WAR OFFICE

shoulder stripe
1939-1945 STAR
AFRICA STAR
DEFENCE MEDAL
1939-1945 WAR MEDAL

HM Armed Forces Veteran's Badge presented in recognition of my service to Britain and Poland during the 1939-1945 war.
It was awarded to British and only Polish Forces under UK command.
 


signals badge
POLISH DECORATIONS
awarded BY GOVERNMENT OF INDEPENDENT POLAND and POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE IN LONDON

parachutist badge
SEPTEMBER 1939 CAMPAIGN CROSS
Krzyz Kampanii Wrzesniowej 1939
SIBERIAN DEPORTEES CROSS
Krzyz Zeslanców Sybiru
Inscription on reverse:
"TO SIBERIAN DEPORTEES"

Awarded by Free Polish Government (post 2000)
BRONZE CROSS OF MERIT WITH SWARDS
Brazowy Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

ARMY MEDAL FOR WAR
with clasp
(i.e. awarded twice)
Medal Wojska
1939-45
Inscription on reverse:
"FROM POLAND FOR HER DEFENDER"
HOMELAND ARMY CROSS
Polish Underground Army
Krzyz Armii Krajowe
Reverse:
"ARMIA KRAJOWA
1939 - 1945"



CROSS FOR COMBATANT ACTION IN THE WEST
Krzyz Czynu Bojowego na Zachodzie
Reverse:
"POLISH FORCES IN THE WEST 1939-1945"

Awarded by Free
Polish Government (post 2000)
Promotion to the rank of Captain
awarded post 2000
 

MY AUSTRALIAN DECORATION

Medallion, awarded to those Australian citizens who served in the Australian or Allied Armed Forces during the war from 1939 to1945.

Issued on 8 May 2005 by Australian Government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Medallion was designed by Polish Australian Wojciech Pietranik.

For Service to Australia
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