Poland, Ii Republic. A 1St Armoured Division Commemorative Table Medal 1944-1945, Named Buy Now with an Iron Cross 1939

with an Iron Cross 1939 and a silver grade wound badge

Bilingual (two-piece construction

and two others who were serving during the war: George Cornelius Luiz (who was serving aboard the Tambor-class diesel-electric submarine USS Tambor (SS-198) and the Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)) and John Celestine Luiz (who was serving aboard the destroyer tender USS Dixie (AD-14) and the Balao-class submarine USS Carp (SS/AGSS/IXSS-338)

he was awarded the World War I Victory Medal

Minor yellowing and material fatigue is evident

Poland, Ii Republic. A 1St Armoured Division Commemorative Table Medal 1944-1945, Named Buy Now with an Iron Cross 1939In bronze gilt, maker marked and named engraved to "W. J. CIECHANOWSKI" on the edge, obverse illustrating the 1st Armoured Division insignia in the centre, flanked by the inscription "I DYWIZJA PANCERNA" (1st Armoured Division) at the left, surrounded by the inscription "W WALKACH O POLSKE NA ZIEMIACH FRANCJI BELGII HOLANDII I NIEMIIEC 1944 1945 1944 1945" (In the Fight for Poland in the Lands of France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany), reverse