WW2 Number #40213 Polish Cross Monte Cassino 1944 Poland Italy Pologne Corps 2

Description

Medal awarded to all soldiers of the Polish II Corps who fought in the battle of Monte Cassino and the battles for Piedimonte and Passo Corno. After the capture of Monte Cassino in May 1944, the Polish government-in-exile (in London) created a campaign cross to commemorate the role of the Polish II Corps (often known as Anders Army) in capturing this strategic point, which had long blocked the Allied advance up the Italian peninsula. A consignment of 50,000 crosses was ordered from a manufacturer in Tel Aviv, then part of British-ruled Palestine, where the Polish forces had spent part of 1942 and almost all of 1943 in training.
A total of 48,498 crosses (serial numbers 1 to 48,498) were awa
rded with accompanying award documents issued in the field to each soldier who took part in the battle.
Cross Monte Cassino 1944 - Krzyż Monte Cassino - post-war copy for veteran with number, new ribbon.
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