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Edmund Kessler (born February 9, 1880, in Suwałki, died May 7, 1930, in Warsaw) was a Brigadier General of the Polish Army, Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari.
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Edmund Kessler (born February 9, 1880, in Suwałki, died May 7, 1930, in Warsaw) was a Brigadier General of the Polish Army, Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari.
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Biography The son of Jan and Elżbieta née Szmidt, he was born in Suwałki, then part of Congress Poland. After graduating from a teachers' college in Veiveriai (nowadays in Lithuania), he began his military service in the Imperial Russian Army in 1899. In January 1905, at his own request, he was commissioned to serve in the Russo-Japanese War; from August 1914, he participated in World War I as commander of a border guard squadron. He subsequently served on the staffs of the 2nd and 3rd Russian Armies. In 1917, he graduated from the Nikolaev Military Academy in Saint Petersburg. On December 10, 1917, he joined the 1st Polish Corps in Russia and was appointed senior adjutant and then chief of staff of the 3rd Rifle Division commanded by General Wacław Iwaszkiewicz-Rudoszański. He participated in the division's advance from Yelnya to Babruysk,. He participated in the battles of Boltutin, Horodets, and Pobolovo. On December 9, 1918, he was accepted into the Polish Army and appointed chief of staff of the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division. On March 19, 1919, he was appointed chief of staff of the Eastern Lesser Poland Troops, and on June 1 of that year, chief of staff of the…
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Awards Silver Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari No. 5220 (28 February 1922) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (27 December 1924) Cross of Independence Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta Cross of Valour Gold Cross of Merit Commemorative Medal for the 1918–1921 War Medal of the Tenth Anniversary of Regained Independence Amaranth Ribbon of the 1st Polish Corps in the East Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia, 1927) Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honour (France, until 1921)[12] Cross of Liberty, 1st Category, 2nd Class (Estonia, 1925) Victory Medal (Médaille Interalliée) – 1925