Meissner, Tadeusz Wiktor

Date of birth:: August 4th, 1902 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: August 19th, 1966 (Gdynia, Poland)
Nationality:: Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Tadeusz Meissner, a veteran of the Silesian Uprising, was captain of several cargo ships during the Second World War. One ship he commanded was struck by a torpedo.

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Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: June 6th, 1931

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi

Awarded on:: November 9th, 1931

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

No. 7830

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: SS Warszawa, Polish Merchant Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West

For service when the ship was torpedoed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Gwiazda Gornoslaska

Krzyz na Slaskiej Wstedze Walecznosci i Zaslugi I Klasy

Medal Morski Polskiej Marynarki Handlowej za Wojne 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Odznaka Grunwaldzka

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Znak Zasluzony Pracownik Morza

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

In gold

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- British Awards and Decorations to Polish Navy in World War Two
- M.P. 1931 nr 260 poz. 347
- M.P. 1931 nr 132 poz. 199

Meissner, Tadeusz Wiktor

Biography

Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Krzyz Walecznych

Krzyz Walecznych

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Gwiazda Gornoslaska

Krzyz na Slaskiej Wstedze Walecznosci i Zaslugi I Klasy

Medal Morski Polskiej Marynarki Handlowej za Wojne 1939-1945

Odznaka Grunwaldzka

Znak Zasluzony Pracownik Morza

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