[ZŁOTOROWICZ] PSZnZ/III RP Commemorative Medal Certificate "Thank You Liberators".

The photograph shows a certificate for the "Thank You Liberators" commemorative medal, issued in Warsaw in May 2003 by the National Committee "Thank You Canada and Allied Forces" on behalf of the Dutch people. The document is in two languages - Dutch and Polish - and bears an image of the medal with the inscription "Thank You Liberators" and the date 1945, referring to the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation. The certificate was signed by Drs. J.E. Caanen, extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st Grenadier Regiment of the Warsaw 1st Grenadier Division, where he served as a machine gunner, wounded twice while breaking out of the German encirclement in the Battle of Desseling, for which he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari in 1975. From 1940 he was in German captivity, in 1942 he and two friends escaped from a POW camp and then made his way through France, Spain, Portugal and Ireland to Great Britain, where he joined the ranks of the 10th Mounted Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division. He traveled the entire combat route from Normandy to Wilhelmshaven, was awarded the Cross of Valor for destroying a "Panther" tank from a distance of 50 meters, and participated in the capture of General Otto Von Elfeld, commander of the 84th Corps. He served as a tank radio operator and next as a tank commander. After the war, he completed a course at the merchant gymnasium of the 1st Armored Division and in 1947 returned to the country and settled in Sosnowiec, he was very active in veterans' organizations.
Dimensions: 30cm x 21cm.
General condition as in the photos.