Polish Post WWII Concentration Camp Veterans Medal – Item 107504

Post WWII Polish medal. Shows cross with dates 1939-45 and red enameled triangle with letter P to centre for Polish prisoner. Complete with its original blue and grey striped ribbon. Good condition.

Note:  The Auschwitz Cross (or Krzyż Oświęcimski in Polish) was instituted on 14 March 1985. This Polish decoration was awarded to honor survivors of Nazi German concentration camps, including Auschwitz  (Auschwitz is a German name for the Polish town Oświęcim, where the camps were built by Nazi Germans).

The Auschwitz Cross was awarded to Polish citizens, it could also be awarded to persons who were imprisoned as Polish citizens, and at the time of granting citizenship of another country, and in special cases also to citizens of other countries, imprisoned for political reasons, especially participants of the camp resistance movement. The cross could be awarded posthumously.