List of Polish orders and decorations
The chronologically ordered list contains the official Polish orders and decorations .
Monarchy and first republic until 1795
- Order of the Golden Deer (1672)
- Order of the White Eagle (1705)
- Medal Bene Merentibus (1738)
- Medal for Loyalty in the Army (1765)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (1765) (design later changed)
- Order of Merentibus (1766)
- Diligentiae Medal (1767)
- Order of the Confederation of Bar (1771)
- Medal of the Education Commission (1773)
- Medal Equiti Dextero (1778)
- Order Pro Fide, Grege et Lege (1789)
- Order of Virtuti Militari (1792)
- Order Virtuti Civili (1792)
- Order of the Ladies Kanoniczek Kapituly Marywilskiej (18th - 19th centuries)
Period of occupation, Congress of Poland and the Duchies 1795–1918
- Medal of the Justice of the Peace (1808)
- Medal for the Rescue of Ginacych (1828)
- Badge of Honor - Loyalty to Nicholas I (1829)
- Michowski Order (1830)
- Medal of Honor of the uprising 1863/1864 (1888)
Second Republic 1918–1939
- Order of Virtuti Militari (1919)
- Cross of Valor (1920)
- Medal of Gratitude (1920)
- Cross for Polish soldiers from the USA (1920)
- Cross of Merit for Silesia (1921)
- Order of the White Eagle (1921)
- Medal Bene Merentibus (1921)
- Order of Polonia Restituta (1921)
- Cross of Merit for Central Lithuania (1922)
- Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1923)
- May 3rd Medal (1925)
- Medal of Honor for the Rescue of Ginacych (1928)
- Medal of Honor for the 1918-21 War (1928)
- Academy Order (1934)
- Medal for Silesia (1938)
- Medal for Loyalty (1938)
- Independence Cross (1939)
- Independence Medal (1939)
- War Merit Cross (1939)
- War Merit Medal (1939)
Polish government in exile 1939–1990
- Order of the White Eagle (1939)
- Order of Virtuti Militari (1939)
- Cross of Valor (1941)
- Cross of Merit with Swords (1942)
- Monte Cassino Cross (1944)
- Medal for the underground struggle in France (1945)
- Cross of Merit for the underground struggle in the ZUPRO (1945)
- Aviator's Medal (1945)
- Navy Order (1945)
- Order of the Merchant Navy (1945)
- Army Order (1945)
- Cross of Honor of the 20th Infantry Division (1945)
- Cross of Merit of the SPK in the USA (1960)
- Home Army Cross (1966)
- Cross of Merit of the SPK in Canada (1966)
- Veteran's Cross (50 years) for Poles from the USA and Canada (1967)
- Veteran's Cross (1968)
- Medal of Honor 25 Years SPK (1968)
- Order Virtuti Civili (1969)
- Medal of Honor of the Polish Army in France (1969/1970)
- Cross of Honor of the 5th Kresow Infantry Division (1971)
- Cross of Merit of the SPK in Great Britain (1977)
- Cross of Honor - 60 Years of the 20th Infantry Division (1978)
- September Campaign Cross (1984)
- 1st Armored Division Cross (1985)
- Freedom Medal (1985)
- Cross of Honor for the Polish Armed Forces in the West (1989)
People's Republic 1944–1989
- Grunwald badge (1943)
- Medal for Valor on the Battlefield (1943)
- Grunwald Cross (1943)
- Order of Virtuti Militari (1944)
- Cross of Merit (1944)
- Bravery Cross (1944)
- Order of Polonia Restituta (1944)
- Warsaw Medal 1939–1945 (1945)
- Medal for Oder, Neisse, Baltic Sea (1945)
- Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 (1945)
- Cross for the Silesian Uprising (1945)
- Partisan Cross (1945)
- Order builders of People's Poland (1949)
- Medal for your and our freedom (1956)
- Cross for the Poznan Uprising (1957)
- Medal "For participation in the battles for Berlin" (1966)
- Order of the Smile (1968)
- Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland (1974)
- Commemorative Medal 30 Years of the People's Republic of Poland (1974)
- War Medal for 1939 (1981)
- Warsaw Rising Cross (1981)
- Commemorative Medal for 40 Years of the People's Republic of Poland (1984)
- Auschwitz Cross (1985)
Third Republic from 1989
- Order of the White Eagle (1992)
- Order of Virtuti Militari (1992)
- Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1992)
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1992)
- Home Army Cross (1992)
- Bene Merito (2009)
