Poland. Collection Gold-plated medals “ Great Poles Distinguished for Independence ” 24 pcs, National Treasury
All medals: Brass plated with 24-carat Gold (999/1000), diameter 38,61 mm, issued in 2009-2014, Condition UNC, each medal comes with a certificate of authenticity, elegant, wooden, dedicated box (slightly scratched)
The collection includes 24 medals:
- Stefan Czarnecki - outstanding commander of the Polish army,
- Jan Kochanowski - great Renaissance poet,
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz - conqueror of the Swedish army,
- Stefan Batory - great leader and outstanding strategist,
- Żwirko and Wigura - outstanding Polish aviators,
- Władysław Reymont - Nobel Prize winner in literature,
- Bolesław Prus - outstanding writer of Polish positivism,
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - outstanding artist of the turn of the century,
- Kazimierz Górski - legendary football coach,
- Stanisław Wyspiański - artist of many faces,
- Paweł Edmund Strzelecki - explorer of Australia,
- Romuald Traugutt - leader of the January Uprising, great patriot,
- Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the kerosene lamp,
- Ignacy Mościcki - president, scholar, inventor,
- Henryk Sienkiewicz - author of the Trilogy,
- Jan Matejko - founder of the Polish school of historical painting,
- Bruno Schulz - outstanding prose writer, graphic artist, painter,
- Wojciech Bogusławski - outstanding playwright, founder of Polish theater,
- Jan Henryk Dąbrowski - founder of the Polish Legions in Italy,
- Piotr Skarga - Polish theologian, writer, and preacher,
- Karol Szajnocha - outstanding Polish historian,
- Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz - playwright, poet, national activist,
- Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki - founder of Bank Polski,
- Aleksander Fredro - poet and comedy writer