Polski Medal Zwycięstwa i Wolności 1945

In a very good condition a Polish Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Frontside: Polish eagle without crown (which means this was a medal given by the Communist regime)
Krajowa Rada Narodowa (State National Council).

Backside: R.P. ZWYCIĘSTWO I WOLNOŚĆ 9.V.1945 (Polish Republic Victory And Freedom 9 May 1945)

Background information: The medal was issued on October 26, 1945. According to the decree, it was instituted to commemorate the victory of the Polish Nation and its allies over the barbarism of hitlerism, a triumph of the idea of democratic freedom, and to award persons who helped in this victory and triumph by their actions or suffering, in this country or abroad, by May 9, 1945.

It was awarded to:

- soldiers of the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie) in the USSR
- soldiers fighting in the invasion of Poland in 1939
- soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, provided that they come back to Poland after the war
- Poles who fought against Germans in allied armies
- Polish partisans fighting in the country or abroad
members of the Soviet, Yugoslav or French partisan units.
- armed forces members who served at least three months by May 9, 1945, in auxiliary units, helping in the victory.

Code: 52443