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Sosnkowski, Kazimierz

Date of birth:
November 19th, 1885 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
October 11th, 1969 (Arundel, Canada)
Buried on:
Crypt St. John's Archcathedral
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces in the West.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi (SVR SR)
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1922
Vabadusrist - VR 1/2
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1924
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1930
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
November 6th, 1930
Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami
Awarded on:
May 13th, 1933
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
1933
Order of the Cross of the Eagle - I Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1995

Posthumously awarded
Order Orla Bialego (1992)
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Mare Cruce
Order of the White Cross - II class
Zuiho sho, 1st Class
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
Order of St. Sava 1st Class
Magyar Érdemrend Középkeresztje
Nishan-i-Lmar-i-Ala - 1st Class

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