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WW2 Polish Virtuti Militari Cross (No. 10004) – Battle of Monte Cassino (Hill 593), Stanisław Kica, 2nd Rifle Battalion, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
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WW2 Polish Virtuti Militari War Order, 5th Class, officially awarded to Lieutenant Stanisław Kica of the 2nd Rifle Battalion, for his participation in the Battle of Monte Cassino, during which he was killed in action while assaulting the famous Hill 593.
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Virtuti Militari War Order, 5th Class, Type 17b, according to the catalog “Polish Medals 1918–1945: A Collector’s Companion” by Tony Leszczuk and Krzysztof Barbarski.
This is a type of cross that was officially numbered and engraved. The cross is made of silver, dimensions 38mm x 38mm. The production history of these crosses is not fully known, but it is believed that this batch was produced in Poland before WWII, then transported through France to the United Kingdom in 1940. The total number of these crosses is estimated to be between 130 and 180, making this the final series of numbered Virtuti Militari crosses.
Condition as shown in the photographs.
Stanisław Kica was born on December 21, 1915 in Jodłówka, Bocheński County, Kraków Voivodeship.
He died on May 12, 1944, and is buried at the Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino.
At the time of his death, he served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Rifle Battalion, where he was Commander of the 3rd Company.
He was killed in action during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
He was described by Melchior Wańkowicz in Volume I of “The Battle of Monte Cassino” (pp. 255, 266, 280):
“At 1:30 a.m., the 2nd Battalion moved toward Hill 593, beginning the Battle of Monte Cassino…
The snake of three companies crept along a narrow path under the thunder of our own artillery, as if under a safe roof.
The leading unit was the 1st Company… followed by the 3rd Company of the late Lieutenant Kica, a Tobruk veteran, and an elementary school teacher…”
Wańkowicz also described the moment of Lieutenant Kica’s death:
“…But the rest of the conquerors of 593 were being annihilated mercilessly.
‘Look to the right,’ Major Rojek said to Lt. Kica.
Kica – the last remaining company commander – rose up, and in a single moment he was killed three times:
by machine gun, grenade, and mortar.”
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