Auction #38: Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Worldwide Coins & Worldwide Banknotes

Auschwitz Cross. silver Greek cross of wide arms, 42 x 42 mm. Obverse: barb wires and camp poles; the year 1939 on the left, 1945 - on the right arm. In the center there is a red enameled triangle with the letter P, as worn by Polish nationals imprisoned in the camps. The reverse bears the inscription RP (PRL until 1990) / WIEZNIOM / HITLEROWSKICH / OBOZOW KONCENTRACYJNYCH (People's Poland to prisoners of nazi concentration camps).
Ribbon: 40 mm, of eleven alternate stripes of blue and gray (colors of clothing worn by prisoners).