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Kontrym, Boleslaw "Zmudzin"

Date of birth:
August 27th, 1898 (Zatruka, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
January 20th, 1953 (Mokotow prison, Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Ranks: Major & Police commissar. Polish spy during the Polish-Soviet war. Cichociemni in the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade during the Second World War. Executed after the war.

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Awarded on:
March 19th, 1937
Krzyz Zaslugi in Silver
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 19th, 1944

No. 11495
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 24th, 1946
France and Germany Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 9th, 1946
War Medal 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 2009

Posthumously awarded
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Posthumously awarded
Warszawski Krzyz Powstanczy

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