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Photograph 021480 Second World War, 1939-1945CAIRO, EGYPT. 1941-11-21. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD WEARING THE SILVER CROSS OF THE POLISH ORDER OF VIRTUTI MILITARI PINNED ON HIM BY GENERAL SIKORSKI, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE POLISH FORCES.
021477 Accession Number: 021477
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CAIRO, EGYPT. 1941-11-21. HIGH OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND POLISH ARMIES SALUTING DURING THE PLAYING OF THE POLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE OCCASION WAS THE INVESTITURE OF THE POLISH SILVER CROSS OF THE ORDER OF VIRTUIT MILITARI ON MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FROM THE LEFT:- GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK, MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD AND GENERAL SIKORSKI.
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