Poland, Ii Republic. A 1St Armoured Division Commemorative Table Medal 1944-1945, Named Buy Now also Iron Cross 2nd Class

also Iron Cross 2nd Class winner (among other awards

scattered green oxidation evident on the reverse of the WM

(Condecoracion al Merito Naval Docente)

he was posted to "R" Depot

and two others who were serving during the war: George Cornelius Luiz (who was serving aboard the Tambor-class diesel-electric submarine USS Tambor (SS-198) and the Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)) and John Celestine Luiz (who was serving aboard the destroyer tender USS Dixie (AD-14) and the Balao-class submarine USS Carp (SS/AGSS/IXSS-338)

Poland, Ii Republic. A 1St Armoured Division Commemorative Table Medal 1944-1945, Named Buy Now also Iron Cross 2nd ClassIn bronze gilt, maker marked and named engraved to "W. J. CIECHANOWSKI" on the edge, obverse illustrating the 1st Armoured Division insignia in the centre, flanked by the inscription "I DYWIZJA PANCERNA" (1st Armoured Division) at the left, surrounded by the inscription "W WALKACH O POLSKE NA ZIEMIACH FRANCJI BELGII HOLANDII I NIEMIIEC 1944 1945 1944 1945" (In the Fight for Poland in the Lands of France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany), reverse