Poland Polish Military Purchasing Mission in Paris France Commemorative Badge of Merit 1919 1921 Numbered

POLAND: Commemorative Badge of Merit of the 
Polish Military Purchasing Mission in France(1919-
1921). This is the 2nd Class of the Badge.
Numbered 924.
Obverse: The Polish Eagle. On the arms of the 
badge, around the edge, circumscribed in Latin: 
POLONIAE BENE MERENTIBUS, PARISIORUM, 
LUTETIA, AD MCMXX (Poland, Well Deserved, 
Paris, Lutetia (Roman name for Paris), A.D. 1920). 
Reverse: Inscribed "POLSKA MISJA WOJSKOWA 
ZAKUPOW" (Polish Military Purchasing Mission.
The badge was awarded to Polish or Foreign 
citizens who offered significant services to the 
Mission.
Poland regained its independence following the 
end of WW1. It reaffirmed its sovereignty after a 
series of military conflicts, most notably the 
Polish–Soviet War (1918-1921), when Poland 
inflicted a crushing defeat on the Red Army at 
the Battle of Warsaw. During this period, Poland 
successfully managed to fuse the territories of 
the three former partitioning empires into a 
cohesive nation-state. 
The Polish Military Purchasing Mission was 
stationed in Paris and its scope was the 
acquisition and transport of war material for 
the Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War.
Over the years of their operation the Staff of the 
Mission managed to cover significant needs of 
the Polish Army in the field of small arms and 
artillery equipment, uniforms, footwear, horses 
and horse equipment  as well as airplanes and 
observation balloons.
The badge is scarce.

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Polish–Soviet War 1918-1921

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