VIRTUTI MILITARI

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VIRTUTI MILITARI is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery on the battlefield.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
VIRTUTI MILITARI canonical 3
"VIRTUTI MILITARI" 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
awardedTo Polish military personnel ⓘ
cities ⓘ
foreign military personnel ⓘ
military units ⓘ
awardFor exceptional bravery on the battlefield ⓘ
valor in the face of the enemy ⓘ
awardingBody President of Poland ⓘ
class Commander's Cross ⓘ
Gold Cross ⓘ
Grand Cross ⓘ
Knight's Cross ⓘ
Silver Cross ⓘ
conflictOfEstablishment War in Defense of the Constitution ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
eligibility members of allied armed forces ⓘ
soldiers and officers ⓘ
establishedBy King of Poland ⓘ
Stanisław II Augustus ⓘ
hasFiveClasses true ⓘ
higherAward none ⓘ
inception 1792 ⓘ
inscription VIRTUTI MILITARI ⓘ
lowerAward Order of the Military Cross (Poland) ⓘ
material silver ⓘ
militaryBranch Polish Armed Forces ⓘ
motto Virtuti Militari ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoMeaning For Military Virtue ⓘ
notableConflict January Uprising ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
November Uprising ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
originalName Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari ⓘ
previouslyAwardingBody Polish monarch ⓘ
religionNeutral true ⓘ
reverseInscription HONOR I OJCZYZNA ⓘ
reverseInscriptionLanguage Polish ⓘ
reverseInscriptionMeaning Honor and Fatherland ⓘ
ribbonColor black ⓘ
blue stripes ⓘ
shape Maltese cross ⓘ
significance highest Polish military decoration ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbolizes heroism of Polish soldiers ⓘ
type decoration for bravery ⓘ
order ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virtuti Militari → hasInscription → VIRTUTI MILITARI ⓘ
Virtuti Militari → inscription → VIRTUTI MILITARI ⓘ
subject linked to: VIRTUTI MILITARI
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari → inscription → "VIRTUTI MILITARI" ⓘ
subject linked to: Silver Cross
linked to: VIRTUTI MILITARI
Commander's Cross of the Virtuti Militari → inscription → VIRTUTI MILITARI ⓘ
subject linked to: Commander's Cross