Józef Piłsudski has been awarded numerous honours, domestic and foreign.
Polish National honours
National honours
Order of the White Eagle (1921) Order of Virtuti Militari Knight's Cross Commander's Cross Grand Cross Cross of Independence with Swords (6 November 1930) Order of Polonia Restituta Commander's Cross with Star Grand Cordon
Military honours
Cross of Valour (four times) Gold Cross of Merit (four times, including in 1931) Cross of Merit of the Central Lithuania Army Cross of Silesian Merit and Valor Officers' Badge "Parasol" (1912) Officers' Badge "For Faithful Service" (1916) Cross Kaniowski (1929)
Other honours
Scouting Cross (1920) "Gold trade union" Chief Fire Brigades Union Badge "Józef Piłsudski Polish Legion Commander" (1916) Commemorative Badge of former prisoners from the years 1914–1921 Ideological (1928)
Foreign honours
: Order of the Iron Crown Class III (Austria-Hungary)
Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold
Order of Saint Alexander with Swords
Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross Class
Czechoslovak War Cross 1918
Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I (Estonia, 1930) Cross of Liberty Grade I Grade III
Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland with Collar
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, No. 25864 (continuous numbering) Médaille militaire
Grand Cross – Yellow Decoration of the Order of Military Merit
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Karađorđe's Star
Order of Lāčplēsis, Class I
Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Class IV
Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword
Collar of the Order of Carol I Order of Michael the Brave, Classes I, II and III (Romania)
Grand Cross of Merit
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
Honorary doctorates Jagiellonian University (28 April 1920) Adam Mickiewicz University (11 November 1933) University of Warsaw (2 May 1921) Stefan Batory University in Vilnius (September 1921)
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