A. CZECHOSLOVAK
MEDALS
1. CZECHOSLOVAK WAR CROSS 1939
2. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY
IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
3. CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY MEDAL FOR
MERIT
4. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE
CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY ABROAD
5. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE
SECOND NATIONAL REVOLT
6. COMMEMORATIVE DECORATION OF
LIBERATED POLITICAL PRISONERS
B. UNITED KINGDOM MEDALS
1. FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
2. 1939 - 1945 STAR
3. WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
4. DEFENCE MEDAL
C.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The medals shown on this page are not intended to
be a complete listing of Czechoslovak or British decorations around the time of the Second
World War. Instead, they represent those which are most likely to have been awarded to the
soldiers of the Czechoslovak Brigade, for the purposes of general interest and
identification from the ribbons or the medals themselves.
All images marked "AF" on this page appear in memory of Adolf Frühauf.
Please click on the images on this page to see
larger versions of them.
A. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDALS
1. CZECHOSLOVAK WAR CROSS
1939
(ČESKOSLOVENSKÝ VÁLEČNÝ KŘÍŽ 1939) |
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Instituted 20/12/1940 by the Czechoslovak
government in London. Bronze Greek cross
44mm across, ribbon 40mm wide.
Repeat award indicated by a gold branch of Linden
leaves on the ribbon. For
further details (Czech text) including types see:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/?page_id=13
or older version (English text)
at:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/CSR/Czechoslovak-War-Cross-1939.html |
| 2. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDAL
FOR GALLANTRY IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
(ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ MEDAILE ZA CHRABROST PŘED NEPŘÍTELEM) |
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Instituted 20/12/1940 by the Czechoslovak
government in London. Bronze, 33mm across,
ribbon 40mm wide.
Repeat award indicated by a bronze twig on the
ribbon. For further
details (Czech text) including types see:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/?page_id=271 |
| 3. CZECHOSLOVAK
MILITARY MEDAL FOR MERIT
(ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ VOJENSKÁ MEDAILE ZA ZÁSLUHY) |
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Instituted 20/4/1943 by the Czechoslovak
government in London. Awarded in two
classes, Silver and Bronze, for merit while not in action against the enemy.
Medal 32mm across, ribbon 31mm wide.
For further details (older Czech
text) see:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/CSR/Za_zasluhy.html
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| 4. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY ABROAD
(PAMĚTNÍ MEDAILE ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ ARMÁDY V ZAHRANIČÍ) |
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Instituted 15/10/1943 by the Czechoslovak
government in London. Bronze, 38mm across,
48mm vertically, ribbon 38mm wide.
Bronze badges on the ribbon indicate the location
of involvement: "SSSR" (USSR); "Velká Británie" (Great Britain);
"Francie" (France); "Střední východ" (Middle East). Secondary
locations may be indicated by smaller badges with the initials "SSSR";
"VB"; "F"; "SV".
For further details (Czech text)
including types see:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/?page_id=365 |
| 5. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
OF THE SECOND NATIONAL REVOLT
(PAMĚTNÍ MEDAILE DRUHÉHO NÁRODNÍHO ODBOJ) |
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Instituted by the Czechoslovak government
14/5/1946. Bronze, 35mm across, ribbon 38mm
wide. For further details
(Czech text) see:
http://www.vyznamenani.net/?page_id=43 |
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| 6. COMMEMORATIVE
DECORATION OF LIBERATED POLITICAL PRISONERS
(PAMĚTNÍ ODZNAK OSVOBOZENÝCH POLITICKÝCH VĚZEŇU) |
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Brief details on the above from
"Československá vyznamenání, I.díl, 1918-1948" by Ludvík Sukeník and
Vlastislav Novotný (1997).
B. UNITED KINGDOM MEDALS
Brief details on the above from
http://www.medals.org.uk/
C. LINKS TO OTHER SITES
You can view some excellent large scale images under the "Řády,
vyznamenání, medaile" section on the Faleristika
site at:
http://lusik.com/index.php?prehled=2&kat=2
Medals of all countries
http://www.medals.org.uk/
with Czechoslovakia at:
http://www.medals.org.uk/czechoslovakia/czechoslovakia.htm
and UK medals at:
http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-text.htm
Czechoslovak medals
http://www.vyznamenani.net/?page_id=21
(Czech text) then click on name of medal down left side
Czechoslovak medals
http://users.skynet.be/hendrik/eng/Czech.html
Czechoslovak medals
http://rustyknight.topcities.com/Czechslvak.htm
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