Rola-Zymierski, Michal
- Date of birth:
- September 4th, 1890 (Krakow, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 15th, 1989 (Warsaw, Poland)
- Buried on:
- Cmentarz Wojskowy
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Marshall of Poland Michal Rola-Zymierski was the supreme commander of the Polish People's Army during the Second World War.
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Ritter III. Klasse zum Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- 1914
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- December 12th, 1921
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- February 12th, 1922
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- 1922
Received as the bar on the ribbon of the first medal.
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Awarded on:
- 1925
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere Commendatore
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Awarded on:
- 1926
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Wielki z Gwiazda
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Presented by General Dwight Eisenhower in Frankfurt.
Orden Pobeda
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- January 17th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1947
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1964
Presented at the Belvedere palace on 20 July 1964.
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1967
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1970
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1973
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1979
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1987
Commandeur in de Kroonorde
Rad Bileho lva I Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
Orden narodnog heroja
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marszalec Polski (Suppreme Commander)
Sources
- - Pałka, J., Poksiński, J., Michał Żymierski 1890-1989 (2001)
- Stela, W., Polskie ordery i odznaczenia (Vol. II). (2008), p. 119
- Dunin-Wilczyński, Z., Legia Honorowa. Zarys historii orderu (1997), p. 62.
- Kicman, W, Puchalski, Z., Dzieje polskich znaków zaszczytnych – recenzja. „Biuletyn Numizmatyczny". Nr 1 (321)/2001, p. 73.
- Nowiny Rzeszowskie : organ KW Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej. 1964, nr 154-180 (lipiec) - Podkrapacka Digital Library
- Dziennik Personalny 1921.12.06 R.2 Nr41 - Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
- Dziennik Personalny 1921.12.24 R.2 Nr42 - Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
- Dziennik Personalny 1922.04.01 R.3 Nr8 - Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
- Dziennik Personalny Ministra Spraw Wojskowych nr. 31 z 16 września 1922.
- Dziennik Personalny Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych nr 123 z 20.11.1925.
- Dziennik Personalny Ministra Spraw Wojskowych nr 4 z 16.01.1926. - M.P. 1945 nr 6 poz. 25
- M.P. 1947 nr 74 poz. 490
- M.P. 1946 nr 26 poz. 43
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