Polish Orders and Decorations 20-21th Century, Cross of Valour Polonia Restituta

Description: Treasures of the Polish Army Museum:Polish Orders and Decorations20th - 21th Century Author - Izabela Prokopczuk-RunowskaPublisher - Polish Army Museum| Published - 2020Language - EnglishCover - HardbackPages - 296, richly illustarted, high quality paper.Condition - The book is new byt the cover is a little damaged, there are scratches on the back Dimension - 24.5 x 29 cmWeight - 1.57 kg*In 2020 on the centenary of the establishment of the Polish Army Museum and Polandʹs victory over the Bolsheviks in the Battle of Warsaw,we place in your hands another volume of the Treasures of the Polish Army Museum: Polish Orders and Decorations series, a sequel covering the 20th and 21st century(Book 1- spanning the 18th and 19th centuries- was published at the end of 2019). The publication complements the commemoration of the two anniversaries as it demonstrates the relationship between the events from a century ago.Having regained her independence in 1918, Poland had to carry on a dramatic struggle to maintain her sovereignty and establish her borders, while at the same time striving to rebuild and shape the her social and political identity. In practice, the process took longer than the military operations. A part of it was the reinstitution and construction of an honour system, which was crucial from both a social and state- building standpoint and a purely military perspective. On the one hand, the first Polish state and its continuity after more than a century of occupation were referenced by the reinstitution of the historic orders, the Military Order of Virtuti Militari and the Order of the White Eagle. On the other, current needs and events, their scale and diversity, found their affirmation in the institution of new decorations: The Cross of Valour, the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross and Medal of Independence and the Cross of Merit. Divided into classes or grades, or offering the possibility of multiple awards as did the Cross of Valour, complemented by decorations associated with the struggle for independence including local action in different parts of the country, they formed the honour system of the Second Polish Republic which, after 100 years, with small amendments precipitated by the Second World War, continues to be a point of reference and a cornerstone of Polandʹs national identity.*If you buy a few books and pay too much for shipping - I always refund the overpayment.See my other auctions, I have a lot of interesting books about military.

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