Wore Decorations of Two (enemy) nations

[PFF]

Jasta 31 Airman Mieczyslaw Garsztka received both German Iron Cross (1st & 2nd Class) and Polish Virtuti Militari (5th Class)

Anyone know of Similar cases?

[Glosters]

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim received the Order of St. Vladimir (1914 & 1916), Order of St. George (1914), Order of St. Stanislaus (1914), Order of St. Anne (1914) from Russia. He also received the Iron Cross 2nd class (1918), Iron Cross 1st class (1918). This means that during the war he was decorated by both the Czar and the Kaiser.

My favourite 'odd' group is that to the Finnish soldier Lauri Törni.

After winning every gallantry medal that Finland awarded (including their version of the VC), he was awarded the Iron Cross by the Germans. At the end of the war he went to America and became a Green Beret. He was killed during the Vietnam war and to his group was added several American awards, including the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart (3 oak leaf clusters) etc. That is a group I would love to see!

When his remains were recovered he was buried at Arlington.

Steve

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

Not forgetting Surgeon General Wiliam George Nicholas Manley,VC;who was awarded the VC,for NZ Maori Wars & the Prussian Iron Cross [EK2] for service in the Franco~Prussian war of 1870.

his full set were:

VC

CB

Order of the Osmanieh

Order of Merit[bavaria]

Iron Cross Class 2 [Prussia] 1870

War Medal of 1870~71 Franco Prussian war

Croix des Secour Blesses

Royal Humane Society Medal Bronze

Crimea war Medal 1854~56

Turkish Crimea Medal

New Zealand War Medal

Afghanistan War Medal 1878~80

Egypt 1882~9 War Medal

Khedives Star for Egypt 1882~9