Podhorski, Zygmunt "Zaza"
- Date of birth:
- May 25th, 1891 (Lipowiec, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- September 12th, 1960 (London, United Kingdom)
- Buried on:
- Graves Veterans Brompton Cemetery
- Nationality:
- Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)
Biography
Rank: Brigadier General. Prisoner of war in 1939-1945.
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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1932
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1932
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1937
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Dywizja Kawalerii "Zaza”, Wojsko Polskie
- Awarded on:
- 1947
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Awarded on:
- 1970
Posthumously awarded
Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Dywizja Kawalerii "Zaza”, Wojsko Polskie
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - Gen. bryg. Zygmunt Podhorski ps. Zaza (1891–1960) – komendant Centrum Wyszkolenia Kawalerii w Grudziądzu, jeniec Oflagu VII A Murnau, „Rocznik Grudziądzki" (2017)
- Zbigniew Puchalski: Dzieje polskich znaków zaszczytnych (2000), p. 209.
- Polak, B., Kawalerowie Virtuti Militari 1792–1945 (1993)
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