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Abraham, Roman Józef

Date of birth:
February 28th, 1891 (Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
August 26th, 1967 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Wrzesnia Cemetery
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Rank: Brigadier General. Veteran First World War and Polish-Soviet War. Roman Abraham was a prisoner of war between 1939-1945.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
February 19th, 1922
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1922
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1930
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1933
Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1933
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1938
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
1948

With swords
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
Zbiorcza Brygada Kawalerii, Armia "Warszawa", Wojsko Polskie
Awarded on:
1961
For merit in September 1939.
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
1970
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
Zbiorcza Brygada Kawalerii, Armia "Warszawa", Wojsko Polskie
For merit in September 1939.
Krzyz Walecznych
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Commander
Ridder in de Leopoldsorde / Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
3 stars, including 1 wounded in September 1939
Znak za Rany i Kontuzje

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