Virtus et Fraternitas Medal
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| Country |  Poland |
| Type | Commemorative decoration of merit |
| Status | Currently awarded |
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| Established | 9 November 2017 |
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| Next (higher) | Cross of Freedom and Solidarity |
| Next (lower) | Gold Cross of Merit |
| Related | Order of the Cross of Independence Cross of Independence |
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The Virtus et Fraternitas Medal (Medal Virtus et Fraternitas) was established on 9 November 2017.
It is awarded by the President of Poland on recommendation of the director of the Pilecki Institute as a token of commemoration and gratitude to those who provided aid and assistance to Polish citizens.[1] It is also bestowed to honor individuals who voluntarily keep alive the memory of those who did not survive the war or the forced deportations, and found their graves abroad.[2]
The medal has been conceptually compared to Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Awards.[3]
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Recipients
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The medal was awarded for the first time on 19 June 2019. Among the awarded were:[4]
- Tassybay Abdikarimov
- Oleksandra Vaseyko
- Chaim Eiss
- Zinaida Giergiel
- Anatolij Giergiel
- Władysław Konopczyński
- Juliusz Kühl
- Aleksander Ładoś
- Władysława Nagórka
- Antoni Nagórka
- Konstanty Rokicki
- Stefan Ryniewicz
- Adolf Henryk Silberschein
- Lóránd Utassy
The second awarding of medals took place on June 2, 2021 at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. They were given to the following persons:[5]
- Maria Bazeluk
- Petro Bazeluk
- Ecaterina Caradja
- Petro Hrudzewycz
- Jenő Etter
- Anna Jelínková
- Jan Jelínek
- Jozef Lach
- Žofia Lachová
Design
The medal is round and silver. On the obsverse it is inscribed "VIRTUS ET FRATERNITATIS" (virtue and brotherhood). In the center of the medal carved stylized image of the White Eagle. The cross is 36 mm in diameter.[6]
The Virtus et Fraternitas Medal is suspended from a purple ribbon, 36 mm wide. Symmetrically arranged along the edges of the ribbon are gold stripes each 4 mm wide, both 4 mm from the edge.[6]
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