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Wound Badge
(Odznaka za Rany i Kontuzje)
Instituted by the State Defense Council on July 14, 1920, during the Polish-Soviet war . Conferred on all members of the Polish Armed Forces wounded or injured in action against an enemy, provided the injury required surgical treatment. It is equal in importance to the US Purple Heart Medal.
Badge: garter blue (light blue in People's Poland) ribbon bar with two narrow horizontal black pinstripes A small five-pointed silver star is attached to the ribbon for each wound.
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