Virtuti Militari

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military decoration order of merit

Virtuti Militari is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat.

Aliases (2)

Cross of Valour ×1
Order of Virtuti Militari ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military decoration → order of merit →
awardedDuring	January Uprising → November Uprising → Polish–Soviet War → World War I → World War II →
awardedPosthumously	true →
awardedTo	Polish soldiers → cities → foreign soldiers → military units →
awardFor	exceptional bravery in combat → leadership in combat → valor in the face of the enemy →
awardingBody	President of Poland →
bannedBy	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
country	Poland →
eligibility	allied military personnel → members of the Polish Armed Forces →
foundedBy	King Stanisław II August Poniatowski →
hasGrade	Commander's Cross → Gold Cross → Grand Cross → Knight's Cross → Silver Cross →
hasInscription	VIRTUTI MILITARI →
inception	1792 →
isHighest	Polish military decoration for valor →
languageOfName	Latin →
legalStatus	regulated by Polish law →
material	silver →
motto	Honor i Ojczyzna →
nameMeaning	For Military Virtue →
notableRecipient	Józef Piłsudski → Polish 1st Armoured Division → Władysław Anders →
originalName	Order Wojskowy Księcia Ludwika Wirtemberskiego →
precedenceOver	Cross of Valor (Krzyż Walecznych) →
relatedTo	Order of Polonia Restituta → Order of the White Eagle →
restored	1831 → 1919 →
ribbonColor	black with blue stripes →
shape	Maltese cross →
symbolizes	Polish military heroism → sacrifice in defense of the homeland →
temporarilyAbolished	1819 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Montgomery → Bór → Bór ("Cross of Valour") → Eduard Rydz-Śmigły → Ferdinand Foch → Georgy Zhukov → Henryk Sucharski → Józef Piłsudski → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Merian C. Cooper ("Order of Virtuti Militari") → Roy Urquhart → Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski → Władysław Anders → Władysław Raczkiewicz → Władysław Sikorski →	awardReceived
Zygmunt Berling →	receivedAward