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				<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://polishcenterofcleveland.org/treasures-from-the-attic/">Treasures from the attic: Virtuti Militari</a></h2><p>A ribbon of black and blue Girdles a  silver cross Virtuti Militari What does it mean &#8212; do you know? It stands for the virtues of the soldier The noble ones dream of it But to obtain  this cross You must disdain death and blood</p>
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