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Socialist Poland. Medal for the Oder, Neisse and Baltic, 1945
Commemorative medal of the Polish People’s Republic, established on 26 October 1945 to recognize military personnel and civilians who participated in the battles for Poland’s new borders along the Oder and Neisse rivers and the Baltic Sea coast during March and April 1945.
The medal, officially known in Polish as “Medal za Odrę, Nysę, Bałtyk”, features the Polish eagle above a map of the country, showing its main rivers and the cities of Warsaw, Gdańsk, Szczecin and Wrocław. The surrounding inscription reads “ZA ODRĘ – NYSĘ – BAŁTYK” (“For the Oder, Neisse and Baltic”). The reverse bears the inscription “RP ZWYCIĘZCOM III.1945 IV.1945”, meaning “To the Victors, March 1945 – April 1945”. It was suspended from a dark blue ribbon with light blue stripes at the edges.
Original Polish Medal for the Oder, Neisse and Baltic, 1945.
