Cross of Merit of the Army of Central Lithuania information
Cross of Military Merit of Central Lithuania
Cross of Military Merit of Central Lithuania
Established
1922
Country
Republic of Central Lithuania (1922) Second Polish Republic (1922–1926)
Status
discontinued in 1926
Statistics
Total inductees
1439
Precedence
Next (higher)
Volunteer Cross for War Cross of Merit
Next (lower)
Cross on Silesian Ribbon of Valor and Merit
The ribbon bar of the Order
The Cross of Merit of the Army of Central Lithuania[a] was a military order of merit awarded by the Republic of Central Lithuania in 1922, and by the Second Polish Republic, from 1922 to 1926. It was awarded to the soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces, and the Army of Central Lithuania, in recognition of merit, expressed by the soldiers during the war Polish–Lithuanian War, from 9 October to 19 November 1920, which included the Żeligowski's Mutiny, and the Central Lithuanian Offensive on Kaunas.[1]
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^Kazimierz Sejda: Ordery, odznaczenia i medale Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Warsaw, 1932, p. 84.
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