Honour Badge Of The Polish Red Cross "Meritorious Blood Donor".

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Odznaka Zasluzonego Honorowego Dawcy Krwi Polskiego Czerwonego Krzyza

This award was instituted on January 28, 1968 as an extension to the Honorary Blood Donor Decoration.
Conferred to blood donors who have donated 18 (1st class), 12 (2nd class) and 6 (3rd class) accumulated liters of blood (with women donors this amount is reduced to 15, 10 and 5 liters respectively).
Those who have donated 20 liters of blood are eligible to the gold Cross of Merit award, and until 1992 donors who had given 25 liters of blood could obtain the title of Meritorious to National Health. Since 1997 they are eligible to the Honorary Blood Donor Decoration - Meritorious to National Health

1st class
Is a rosette with five small red hearts with a stylized golden rays between them. In the medallion is ared cross on white background circumscribed HONOROWY DAWCA KRWI : PCK (honorary blood donor, Polish Red Cross). The reverse is plain.

2nd class
Is a white enameled cross pattée, rotated 45°, with a small blood drop through each arm. The cross is superimposed on a white enameled rhombus. Medallion as above.

3rd class
Is a red enameled cross with contracted arms and golden stylized lilies between them. Medallion as above.

Suspension
The enameled suspension of all classes is a golden, red enameled bar, 22mm long and 5mm high, with the inscription ZASLUZONY (meritorious). When ribbon bars alone are worn, they are white with a broad yellow central stripe and narrow red side stripes.

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