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Kleeberg, Franciszek

Date of birth:
February 1st, 1888 (Ternopil, Austro Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
April 5th, 1941 (Dresden, Germany)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Kock
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Major General (post: January 1943) Franciszek Kleeberg was captured in September 1939. He died in the hospital of Dresden in 1941.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1923
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1937
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1937
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
1947

Posthumously awarded
Order Virtuti Militari Knight
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
1970

Posthumously awarded
Order Virtuti Militari Commander
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Dywizji (Major General)
Awarded on:
October 1st, 2009
"For outstanding contribution to the independence of the Republic of Poland"

Posthumously awarded
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Lacplesa Kara ordenis III skiras
Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)

With war decoration and swords
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

Sources

  • - Stawecki P., Słownik biograficzny generałów Wojska Polskiego 1918–1939 (1994)