Description obverse

Inscription surrounded by oak leaves on three sides; below, state emblem of Poland. “WE WRZEŚNIU 1939 NAPADNIĘCI PRZEZ ARMIE NIEMIECKĄ I BOLSZEWICKĄ – MY POLACY – OFIARĄ KRWI BRONILIŚMY WOLNOŚCI LUDÓW, HONORU I RELIGII [IN SEPTEMBER 1939, ATTACKED BY THE GERMAN AND THE BOLSHEVIK ARMIES, WE THE POLES, PAID IN BLOOD TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLES, ONOUR AND RELIGION]” RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2023, 10 ZŁ

Description reverse

Depiction of a Polish soldier fighting the Germans while stabbed in the back by a Red Army soldier. IROKI, 1939