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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 244

Nine: Lieutenant J.S. Roszek, Polish Army Poland, Republic, Gold Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Poland, Republic, Silver Cross of Merit, with Crossed Swords, by Spink, London, silver and enamel; Poland, Republic, Active Service Medal; Poland, Republic, Monte Cassino Cross, reverse officially numbered ´46016´; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine, with named card box of issue, addressed to 9 Hoveden Road, London NW2; and two scarce and unusual sample strikings of the Monte Cassino Cross (9) Estimate £ 150-200 Lieutenant Jan Stanislaw Roszek, born Zakopane, Poland, June 1896; served in Pilsudski´s 1st Brigade during the Great War; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Regiment; awarded the Monte Cassino Cross whilst serving as a Lieutenant and Doctor in the Ordnance Headquarters of the 2nd Polish Corps in Italy. Lieutenant Roszek died in London, 1972.

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