Ludwik Janczyszyn

Ludwik Janczyszyn
Born	(1923-05-11)11 May 1923 Krasne, Second Polish Republic
Died	27 July 1994(1994-07-27) (aged 71) Gdynia, Poland
Allegiance	Polish People's Republic
Service / branch	Polish Navy
Years of service	1944-1990
Rank	Admirał (Vice admiral)
Unit	ORP Orlik General Staff of the Navy
Commands	Commander of the Navy
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	(see below)

Ludwik Janczyszyn (11 May 1923 - 27 July 1994) - Polish admiral, infantry officer and naval deck officer. Commander of the Navy in the years 1969–1986. Member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term (1972–1989). Member of the Military Council of National Salvation (1981–1983), ambassador of the Polish People's Republic to Syria and Jordan (1986–1988).

Promotions

• Chorąży (Standard-bearer) - 1944
• Podporucznik (Second lieutenant) - 1946
• Porucznik marynarki (Lieutenant junior grade) - 1949
• Kapitan marynarki (Lieutenant) - 1952
• Komandor podporucznik (Lieutenant commander) - 1953
• Komandor porucznik (Commander) - 1954
• Komandor (Captain) - 1955
• Kontradmirał (Commodore) - 1960
• Wiceadmirał (Rear admiral) - 1970
• Admirał (Vice admiral) - 1978

Awards and decorations

• Polish
  • Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1973)
  • Order of the Banner of Labour, 2nd Class (1963)
  • Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd Class (1946)
  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1989)
  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1968)
  • Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1959)
  • Cross of Valour (1946)
  • Gold Cross of Merit (1954)
  • Silver Medal "For Merit on the Field of Glory" (1946)
  • Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland (1974)
  • Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland (1984)
  • Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic
  • Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
  • Gold Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland (1968)
  • Silver Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland
  • Bronze Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland
  • Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1954)
  • Medal for Participation in the Battle of Berlin
  • Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence
  • Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence
  • Gold Medal of Merit for the Homeland Defense League
  • Medal of the National Education Commission (1973)
• Soviet
  • Order of the Red Banner (1968)
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (1973)
  • Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
  • Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
  • Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
  • Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975)
  • Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1985)
  • Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1979)
• From other countries
  • Medal "For Strengthening the Friendship of the Armed Forces", 1st Class (Czechoslovakia, 1980)
  • Medal "For Strengthening the Friendship of the Armed Forces", 2nd Class (Czechoslovakia, 1970)
  • Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium, 1977)
  • Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the NVA" (East Germany, 1986)