Medal and certificate awarded for service in the Polish Home Army

Object | Accession Number: 1996.25.1 a-b

Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Medals
Object Type: Medals, Polish (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Shuflata

Physical Description: a= medal (insignia): inserted through .1b is a metalic cord which is also inserted through a chain attached to the insignia; insignia has the initials of Armia Krajowa (Home Army)
b= certificate: red, white, and gray ink on brown paper, handdrawn certificate with image of AK insignia
Dimensions: a : 2.750 x 0.380 x 0.120 in. (6.985 x 0.965 x 0.305 cm.)
b : 8.380 x 5.750 in. (21.285 x 14.605 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, paint, enamel, metal
Signature: Jozef Barcz, cpn., member and one of the commanders of the Polish Home Army
Inscription: in red ink: "Polish Guard Company 4189 L.S. Co. presents Lt. Shuflata G.J.Jr with a memory combat sign of Polish Underground Army, as remembrance of its fights against the German Occupation Forces in Poland 1939-1945"
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The award was donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by George Shuflata.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:05:22
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