Builder of People's Poland
The Order of Builders of People's Poland ( Polish : Order Budowniczych Polski Ludowej ) was the highest civil honor of the People's Republic of Poland . The highest order in Poland before World War II, the Order of the White Eagle , was not awarded by the People's Republic.
history
The order was established by the Sejm on July 2, 1949 . The medal awarded by the Polish President or the State Presidium had only one class. A total of 310 people and 10 institutions received the medal. The last award took place in 1985. The order was officially abolished in 1992.
literature
- Władysław Bończa-Tomaszewski: Kodeks orderowy. Przepisy obowiązujące posiadaczy orderów odznaczeń medali i odznak, etc. sn, Warszawa 1939.
- Arnhard Graf Klenau: European medals from 1700. Catalog, without Germany. VVA et al., Gütersloh et al. 1978, ISBN 3-921566-05-3 .
- Zbigniew Puchalski, Ireneusz J. Wojciechowski: Ordery i odznaczenia polskie i ich kawalerowie. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1987, ISBN 83-03-02143-5 .
Web links
Commons : Order Budowniczych Polski Ludowej - collection of pictures, videos and audio files