Established by a decree of the President of the Republic of Poland dated October 29, 1930, to decorate persons of merit for the independence of the Fatherland in the period before World War I, or during the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1918-1921.
Dimensions: 44 x 39.5 mm.
Included is a diploma, for Wladyslaw Baczy from 1939. Probably a victim of the Volhynia crime, more about him here.