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A. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDALS
          1. CZECHOSLOVAK WAR CROSS 1939
          2. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
          3. CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY MEDAL FOR MERIT
          4. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY ABROAD
          5. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE SECOND NATIONAL REVOLT
          6. COMMEMORATIVE DECORATION OF LIBERATED POLITICAL PRISONERS
B. UNITED KINGDOM MEDALS
          1. FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
          2. 1939 - 1945 STAR
          3. WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
          4. DEFENCE MEDAL
C. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The medals shown on this page are not intended to be a complete listing of Czechoslovak or British decorations around the time of the Second World War. Instead, they represent those which are most likely to have been awarded to the soldiers of the Czechoslovak Brigade, for the purposes of general interest and identification from the ribbons or the medals themselves.

All the images on this page appear in memory of Adolf Frühauf.

Please click on the images on this pages to see larger versions of them.

A. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDALS

1. CZECHOSLOVAK WAR CROSS 1939 (ČESKOSLOVENSKÝ VÁLEČNÝ KŘÍŽ 1939)
		Instituted 20/12/1940 by the Czechoslovak government in London. Bronze Greek cross 44mm across, ribbon 40mm wide. Repeat award indicated by a gold branch of Linden leaves on the ribbon.
2. CZECHOSLOVAK MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY (ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ MEDAILE ZA CHRABROST PŘED NEPŘÍTELEM)
		Instituted 20/12/1940 by the Czechoslovak government in London. Bronze, 33mm across, ribbon 40mm wide. Repeat award indicated by a bronze twig on the ribbon.
3. CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY MEDAL FOR MERIT (ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ VOJENSKÁ MEDAILE ZA ZÁSLUHY)
		Instituted 20/4/1943 by the Czechoslovak government in London. Awarded in two classes, Silver and Bronze, for merit while not in action against the enemy. Medal 32mm across, ribbon 31mm wide.
4. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY ABROAD (PAMĚTNÍ MEDAILE ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ ARMÁDY V ZAHRANIČÍ)
		Instituted 15/10/1943 by the Czechoslovak government in London. Bronze, 38mm across, 48mm vertically, ribbon 38mm wide. Bronze badges on the ribbon indicate the location of involvement: "SSSR" (USSR); "Velká Británie" (Great Britain); "Francie" (France); "Střední východ" (Middle East). Secondary locations may be indicated by smaller badges with the initials "SSSR"; "VB"; "F"; "SV".
5. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE SECOND NATIONAL REVOLT (PAMĚTNÍ MEDAILE DRUHÉHO NÁRODNÍHO ODBOJ)
		Instituted by the Czechoslovak government 14/5/1946. Bronze, 35mm across, ribbon 38mm wide.
6. COMMEMORATIVE DECORATION OF LIBERATED POLITICAL PRISONERS (PAMĚTNÍ ODZNAK OSVOBOZENÝCH POLITICKÝCH VĚZEŇU

Brief details on the above from "Československá vyznamenání, I.díl, 1918-1948" by Ludvík Sukeník and Vlastislav Novotný (1997).

B. UNITED KINGDOM MEDALS

1. FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
		Awarded for service in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany between June 1944 and May 1945.
2. 1939 - 1945 STAR
		Awarded for 6 months service under operational command between September 1939 and August 1945.
3. WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
		Awarded to all persons serving in the armed forces for 28 days between September 1939 and September 1945.
4. DEFENCE MEDAL
		Awarded for 3 years service in the United Kingdom between September 1939 and September 1945, or 6 months overseas in a non-operational area subject to aerial attack.

 Brief details on the above from http://www.medals.org.uk/

C. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Medals of all countries     http://www.medals.org.uk/
with Czechoslovakia at:     http://www.medals.org.uk/czechoslovakia/czechoslovakia.htm

Czechoslovak medals     http://users.skynet.be/hendrik/eng/Czech.html

Czechoslovak medals     http://rustyknight.topcities.com/Czechslvak.htm

Czechoslovak ribbons     http://www.medals.lava.pl/cs/cs2.htm