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Cross of Merit (Poland)

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Polish civil state decoration

Award
Cross of Merit
Krzyż Zasługi
Current version of the Gold Cross of Merit
TypeMedal awarded in three grades: Gold, Silver, and Bronze
Awarded forExemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty
Country Poland
Presented bythePresident of Poland
Claspsdenotes subsequent award
StatusCurrently awarded
Established23 June 1923
First award11 November 1923
Precedence
Next (higher)Cross of Merit with Swords
Next (lower)Military Cross of Merit with Swords,
Air Force Cross of Merit with Swords,
Navy Cross of Merit with Swords

TheCross of Merit (Polish:Krzyż Zasługi) is a Polish civil statedecoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state.[1]

History

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At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was awarded to citizens who went beyond the call of duty in their work for the country and society as a whole. May be awarded twice in each grade to the same person.[2]

  • Gold Cross of Merit issued by the People's Republic
    Gold Cross of Merit issued by the People's Republic
  • Silver Cross of Merit issued by the People's Republic
    Silver Cross of Merit issued by the People's Republic

The Order

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The Order has three grades:[3]

  • Gold Cross of Merit
  • Silver Cross of Merit
  • Bronze Cross of Merit

Recipients

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Gold Cross of Merit

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NameDateNotes
Przemysław KrychJuly 2024for exemplary public and charity service, Poland[4]
Edyta Piecha [Edita Piekha]2012Soviet and Russian singer of Polish origin.
Robert CzernkowskiApril 2023for service to the Polish community in Australia[5]
Edward KarpinskiJanuary 2023For exemplary public service in the Polish community in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ewa Hojna13 May 2022Director of Polish School Cultural Association (ACEP), Spain
Jan-Krzysztof Duda2021chess grandmaster[6]
Rick Sahar2020For building good relations through shared events within the Polish-Jewish communities in Wellington, New Zealand
Helena Kmieć2017for merits in charitable and social activities and her commitment to people in need of help
Wanda Paulina Gluszek2016political activist, poet; Chicago, Illinois
MichałKorwin-Szymanowski, also known as Michel Korwin2015Montréal, Canada
John P. Lynch3 November 2014CEO and founder ofLynka[7]
Philippe Blain27 October 2014coach ofPoland men's national volleyball team –World Champions 2014
Fabian Drzyzga27 October 2014volleyball player,World Champion 2014
Mateusz Mika27 October 2014volleyball player,World Champion 2014
Karol Kłos27 October 2014volleyball player,World Champion 2014
Michał Kwiatkowski2014Polish road cyclist
Andrzej Wrona27 October 2014volleyball player,World Champion 2014
Paweł Zatorski27 October 2014volleyball player,World Champion 2014
Joanna Zawadzka2 May 2014community activist living in Scotland, director ofPolish Cultural Festival Association
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm20 June 2014U.S.-based writer and academic
Katarzyna Maria Dziewanowska26 September 2013scientific research, University of Idaho
Elwira GrossmanAugust 2013Scotland
John DodunskiMarch 2013New Zealand
Robert DodunskiMarch 2013New Zealand
Bogdan Labecki2013[8]
Margaret Scannell née DodunskiMarch 2013New Zealand
Agnieszka Radwańska2013tennis player[9]
Michal Kuleczka2013[10]
Máté Szabó10 December 2012The Ambassador of Poland to Hungary, Roman Kowalski presented the award to recognize Máté Szabó 's merits in strengthening the protection of human rights as Ombudsman and for his work developing Polish-Hungarian relations.[11]
Thomas Gabriel Grasza Esq11 November 2011postage stamp and coin designer and noted Canadian-Polish philatelist of four decades
Izabella Zielińska2011Polish pianist
Tomasz Miśkiewicz2011Silver Cross of Merit 2006, mufti, for work with the immigrant and native Islamic Youth, Gold Cross of Merit 2011, for work with the Muslim minorities, and for interfaith dialogue
Bronisław Oczkowski14 December 2010Melbourne, Australia[12]
Captain Stefan-Joseph Camilleri23 January 2009Warsaw, for distinguished and outstanding service to Poland and its people
Geertjan Lassche2007Dutch reporter and documentary film maker
Maciej Klich2005Polish historian, graphic artist, and a formeranti-communistPolish independence diaspora activist
Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska2005Polish computer scientist[13]
Agata Mroz-Olszewska2005volleyball player, double European champion team member, 2003 and 2005
Adam Skorek2004
Ryszard Antoni KuśmierczykAugust 2002Engineer and community leader based ubWindsor, Ontario, Canada
Alojzy Nowak2002[14]
Jerzy Zralski2000II WW veteran and writer.[8]
Jerzy ŁuckiAugust 1995Toronto, Canada
Captain Raymond Delver Smith Carrington J.P.1990for distinguished and outstanding service to Poland and its people
Henri Strzelecki1990co-founder ofHenri Lloyd.[citation needed]
Jan BujakJuly 1984Corporate owner
Stanisław Nosal1979Polish Colonel of the 5th Rocket Artillery Battalion inModlin Fortress, Poland.
Michael BieglerGerman head coach of thePoland national handball team
Ryszard JurkowskiSilver and Gold Cross of Merit, Polish architect
Zbigniew JanowiczGold Cross of Merit, polish professor[15]
Marian MachowskiPolish footballer and researcher[16]
Wiesława Korzeń1976accountant, teacher
Adam Bahdaj1975Translator and writer[17]
Edward Lisiowski1974Mayor of Wojszyn.
Alojzy Walentego Zygmunt29 November 1972For fifteen years of uninterrupted and distinguished work in the mining industry
Krzysztof Kazimierz Miller1964architect, urbanist
Stanisław Horno-Popławski1952Polishpainter,sculptor andpedagogue.[18]
Moses SchorrRabbi, Polish historian, politician, bible scholar, assyriologist and orientalist
Stefania SkwarczyńskaPolish theorist and historian of literature, theatrologist, full professor, honorary doctor of theUniversity of Łódź, World War II resistance fighter
Afanasij Poliszczuk1946veterinary service chief in the First Polish Army
Edvard Kardelj1946[19]
Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Grodyński1939Polish Governor (Starost), military intelligence officer, lawyer.[20]
Bronisława Rychter-Janowska1939Cracovian artist.[21]
Józefa Bramowska1939Politician
Witold Bełza1938Polish librarian, writer, publicist and cultural activist.[22]
Stefan Kaczmarz1937Polish mathematician[23]
Józef Weyssenhoff1932Polish writer, novelist, poet, literary critic, publisher.[24]
Arthur Szyk1931Polish-Jewish fine artist, book illustrator, and political artist.[25]
Emil Rauer20 September 1925industrialist, creator and commander of a railway protection formation, social activist, and independence fighter

Silver Cross of Merit

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NameDateNotes
Stefan Bukowski1977Polish Colonel
Maria Boniecka1937work with illiterate adults
Francis K. Czyzewski4 July 1939writer, astronomer, meteorologist, photographer, playwright, WSBT Polish Hour radio program host, life member of the solar division of the American Variable Star Observers at Harvard College Observatory (1951); former president, Polish-American Central Civic Committee; staff writer, South Bend Tribune; South Bend, Indiana
Adela Dankowska1970Polish glider pilot
Grzegorz FrycSeptember 2014New York[26]
Helena Gąsienica DanielOlympic cross-country skier[27]
Marcin Pawel GrzadkaNovember 2013Harcmistrz, co-founder ofYPCPA.[28] & chairman ofQuo Vadis Leadership Conference.[29] – Canada
Rudolf GundlachGundlach tank periscope inventor
Robert Makłowicz2004journalist and historian, notable for promoting thePolish cuisine
Tomasz MoczerniukSeptember 2014New York[26]
Witold Pilecki1938Soldier
Jan SienkiewiczOctober 1944Polish Army Officer
Filip SlipaczekMay 2014UK[30]
Adam Świerkocz2005Polish brigadier general
Jerzy Troszczynskiphotographer[31]
Krzysztof WojciechowskiAugust 2013Poland[32]
Wlodzimierz Mieczyslaw Wojciechowski1973Polish soldier and resistance fighter, London
Czesław s. Ignacego Przybylak1956decorated Polish humanitarian activist, decorated worker of the state and Holocaust Survivor
Jacek Banasiak2014Professor and DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at theUniversity of Pretoria[33]
Maciej Żółtowski2002Polish conductor and composer
Alex Dancyg2007Historian and advocate of Polish-Israeli relations[34]
Anna Styszyńska1997Climatologist[35]
Halina Zdebska-Biziewska19 September 2005exemplary and exceptionally conscientious fulfillment of professional duties[36]

Bronze Cross of Merit

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NameDateNotes
Stefan Ficner1945Great Grandfather, Patriot, Golina, Polska
Edward Lisiowski1974Mayor of Wojszyn
Stanisław Łukaszewicz1944Bronze Cross of Merit with Swords, Sargeant 10 Dragoons, 1 Polish Armoured Division, 1 Polish Corps for action at Falaise Gap, France 1944[37]
Piotr Paweł Morta1998Also Silver Cross of Merit – 2010
Emil JungSeptember 1996Stellenbosch, South Africa, Political activist and advocate of Polish-South African relations
Marguerite Ettienette Andrée Mouton – née Guillemin1950sEducator; Soissons, France
Elżbieta Smereka3 May 1987For meritorious social services
Tomasz Trembowski2013Canada[38]
Dariusz Jemielniak2018[39]
Krzysztof Ligęza2006habilitated doctor specializing in security studies, reserve officer of thePolish Navy[40]
Stanisław Zarzecki1938Acorporal pilot of thePolish Armed Forces, a participant in theInvasion of Poland. He perished during a combat mission piloting aPZL.23 Karaś aircraft.[41]
Karoline Podolak2024For contributions to the arts[42]

See also

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References

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