Swierczewski, Karol Wacław
- Date of birth:
- February 22nd, 1897 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- March 28th, 1947 (Jablonki, Poland)
- Buried on:
- Cmentarz Wojskowy
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Major General Karol Swierczewski was ambushed by Ukranian insurgents on 28 March 1947. He died hours later.
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Orden Lenina (1936-1943)
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Awarded on:
- 1938
Order Krzyza Grunwaldu 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 5th, 1945
Orden za hrabrost
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 22nd, 1946
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád "Za svobodu" 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 11th, 1947
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Karol Świerczewski Walter. Zbiory Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (1971)
- forum.faleristika.info
- M.P. 1945 nr 6 poz. 26
- M.P. 1947 nr 59 poz. 419
- M.P. 1950 nr 5 poz. 51
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