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Szylling, Antoni

Date of birth:
August 31st, 1884 (Płoniawy-Bramura, Lomza, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
June 17th, 1971 (Montreal, Canada)
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
April 13th, 1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1921
Medal Zwyciestwa
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1922
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1928
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1931
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1934
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1936
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1938
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
September 1939
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Second KW received as first bar on the ribbon of the first medal.
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Third KW awarded as second bar on the ribbon of the first medal
Krzyz Walecznych

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