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Fieldorf, Emil August "Nil"

    Date of birth:
    March 20th, 1895 (Krakow, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
    Date of death:
    February 24th, 1953 (Warsaw, Poland)
    Mentioned on:
    Cmentarz Wojskowy
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Brigadier general Emil Fieldorf was the deputy commander of the Armia Krajowa (AK). He was executed by the People's Republic of Poland in 1953 and buried on a secret location. His symbolic tombstone stands on the Cmentarz Wojenny.

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    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Starszy Sierzant (Sergeant)
    Awarded on:
    1921
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Starszy Sierzant (Sergeant)
    Awarded on:
    January 4th, 1923

    No. 7169
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    1928
    Medal Pamiatkowy za Wojne 1918-1921
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    1928
    Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    May 24th, 1929
    Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    1929
    Atbrivosanas cinu 10 gadu jubilejas pieminas medala
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Awarded on:
    January 9th, 1932
    Krzyz Niepodleglosci
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Awarded on:
    November 11th, 1937
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Kawalerski
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    September 28th, 1944
    Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    August 15th, 1948

    No. 41008
    Medal Wojska za Wojne 1939-1945
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    July 27th, 2006

    Posthumously awarrded
    Order Orla Bialego (1992)
    Krzyz Zaslugi Wojsk Litwy Srodkowej
    Znak

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