Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Coins & Banknotes #33

The Auschwitz Cross, instituted on 14 March 1985, was a Polish decoration awarded to honor survivors of Nazi German concentration camps, including but not limited to Auschwitz, Greek cross with wide arms, 42×42 mm. The obverse shows barbed wire and camp poles; the year 1939 on the left, and 1945 on the right arm. In the center there is a red enameled triangle with the letter P, as worn by Polish nationals imprisoned in the camps. The reverse bears the inscription "RP / WIĘŹNIOM / HITLEROWSKICH / OBOZÓW KONCENTRACYJNYCH" (Republic of Poland to prisoners of Nazi concentration camps). Original!