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Chrusciel, Antoni "Monter"

Date of birth:
July 16th, 1895 (Gniewczyna Łańcucka, Austria-Hungary)
Date of death:
November 30th, 1960 (Washington, United States)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Plot: 18D. Row: L01. Grave: 1.
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Brigadier General Chrusciel was de facto leader of all Polish units during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
April 13th, 1921

No. 2371
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
1921

Awarded as bar on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
1921

Awarded as second bar on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
1921

Awarded as third bar on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1939
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1944
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1947
Order Virtuti Militari Knight
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
June 16th, 2008
"For outstanding services for the independence of the Republic of Poland"

Posthumously awarded
Order Odrodzenia Polski Krzyż Wielki
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

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