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Monte Cassino Cross officially numbered

£275.00

Poland: Monte Cassino Cross officially numbered 49 656

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SKU: L30204 Category:
Origin: Poland
Nearly Extremely Fine

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Monte Cassino Cross officially numbered 49 656.

 

A consignment of 50,000 crosses was ordered from a manufacturer in Tel Aviv, then part of British-ruled Palestine, where the Polish forces had spent part of 1942 and almost all of 1943 in training.

 

A total of 48,498 crosses (serial numbers 1 to 48,498) were awarded with accompanying award documents issued in the field to each soldier who took part in the battle.

The 1502 un-awarded original crosses (serial numbers 48,499 to 50,000) of which this is one were eventually sold off to dealers and collectors. With an original hook and eye ribbon.