Awards
For his involvement in World War II, especially the Warsaw Uprising, Chmielewski was awarded with the Warsaw Cross of the Uprising in 1983, and with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2006.
For his artistic career, Chmielewski was awarded with the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit for Culture, Gold Class (in 2007), the highest Polish order given for artistic deeds (with Gold Medal being its highest class). On the same day, two other comic book creators, Tadeusz Baranowski and Janusz Christa were also awarded, although with Silver Medals. It was the first time that comic book artists have received Gloria Artis.
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