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A set containing a badge of the Border Protection Corps with an ID card and a photograph of the awardee, Stefan Kielbasa, a soldier of the KOP Battalion "Hoszcza". The badge is in the form of an oval laurel wreath, with a border post in the center with the sun's rays in the background. The bottom of the badge is crowned with an eagle wz.27 in the crown below which is a sash with the inscriptio...
Format 13.5x10.5 cm. Very good condition. Legitimation of a supporting member of the Air and Gas Defence League, issued in 1934 for Tadeusz Kowalski by the district command in Jaroslaw.
Format 8.5x12 cm. Good condition (small creases). Weapons permit (revolver and double-barrelled shotgun) for Jerzy Hozer, who came from a family of well-known gardeners and settled in the Hozery estate (now New Kozery) in Grodzisk Mazowiecki municipality. Issued on June 30, 1933, renewed in 1934-1938.
Format 7.5x11.5 cm. Good condition (minor stains). Membership card issued in 1933 by the Polish Tatra Society.
Format 8.5x13 cm. Good condition (soiled). Identity card from the Nazi occupation period, issued in Przemyśl in 1940 in the name of Stanisława Twardzicka.
Certificate of graduation from the Prince Józef Poniatowski Central NCO School of the Border Protection Corps issued to Stefan Kiełbasa, soldier of the KOP "Hszcza" Battalion, issued on August 14, 1934. At the bottom of the diploma is a photograph of all the soldiers who took part in the course. Dimensions: 43,5cm x 32cm. General condition as in the photos.
12x8.8 cm format. Good condition (minor tears, soiling). Admission card for Włodzimierz Kowalski as a member of the Railway Reading Room in Przemyśl, issued on July 1, 1911.
Passport issued to Tadeusz Zlotorowicz during his journey to the United Kingdom. The passport was issued by the Polish Embassy in Lisbon and has an Irish and British visa. Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned....
Format 26.5x40 cm. Good condition (traces of folding). Certificate of completion of the course of the League of Air and Gas Defence for commanders and deputy commanders of anti-aircraft defence of residential houses, issued in the name of Wladyslaw Konopinski in Korytnica on December 4, 1938.
Polish Cross of Valor awarded for bravery on the battlefield. The award is in the shape of a cross, in the center a Polish eagle in a crown with outspread wings. On the shoulders the inscription "On the Field of Glory 1920". Original period ribbon. Dimensions 40 mm x 40 mm. Cross complete with a card issued by the 10th Horse Rifle Regiment on February 20, 1946 to Tadeusz Zlotorowicz. Attached ...
Format 48x31.5 cm. Good condition (mild soiling, small tears on folds). Certificate of discharge of 17 year old Lukasz Tadeusz Chrzanowski, native of Przemyśl, trained as a locksmith. Issued on November 21, 1905 by the Society of Industrialists of Aggregate Products in Przemyśl.
ZBIERZCHOWSKI Henryk - Lviv - Fochowi. Manuscript of a poem in honor of Marshal Ferdinand Foch [Lviv, 1923 (?)]. Manuscript 2 p., measuring 20.2 x 13 cm. Folds of paper. On the reverse further notes and reflections of the author. Manuscript of a poem by the famous Lviv poet Henryk Zbierzchowski (1881-1942), written in honor of Ferdinand Foch, probably on the occasion of the military being hono...
Legitimation of the 1st Armored Division circle association issued to Tadeusz Zlotorowicz of the 10th Horse Rifle Regiment. On the card one can see the signature of General Stanislaw Maczek, commander of the 1st Armored Division. Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River....
Format 55x43 cm. Good condition (soiled, small tears on folds). Certificate of liberation of Jan Droździak (born February 5, 1905 in Kalwaria Pacławska), apprenticed to Jozef Kowalski as a master cooper in Przemyśl. Issued on August 11, 1927 by the Industrial Association of the Construction Group and the Official Commission for Apprentice Examinations in Przemyśl.
A set of documents after Jadwiga Debowska (née Bojarczyk). She was born in 1908 in Vilna. The set includes, among others: -10 Photographs. -Tomas Zan Library admission card from 1930. -Legitimation of the Rev. Adam Jerzy Czartoryski State Gymnasium for the 1927/1928 school year. -Visit card -Membership certificate of the Academic Sports Association in Vilnius from 1937. -Shelley's Institute m...
Legitimation of the Polish Ski Association issued to Wladyslawa Krzewska on November 1, 1935 by the Lviv ski section of the Polish Tatra Society. Lviv 1935 Legitimation form. 11x7 cm. S. [12]. Original cloth binding with inscription on front. Stamps of the Lviv Branch of PTT, PZN and signatures. Photo of the owner inside Validity of the document extended to 31 X 1936.Attached is an invitation ...
LOPP. Legitimation No. 1. for Aleksander Gieysztor. Issued by circle no. 101. Warsaw 1925 . Printed 2 p., filled in by hand.Aleksander Gieysztor (1916-1999) - medieval historian, professor at Warsaw University, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.
Award of the double Army Medal given on April 3, 1947. Perfectly visible stamp of the 1st Armored Division. Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st Grenadier Reg...
State Sports Badge Third Class, bronze. Awarded for positive results of a physical fitness test. The badge depicts a stylized eagle made of white enamel, with outstretched wings upward, sitting on a wreath. Between the wreath and the eagle's talons are visible red enamel letters ( POS ) abbreviating the State Sports Badge. Attached to the badge is an ID card issued to st. gunner Stefan Kiełba...
District Corps No. V. Artillery, Cracow] Invitation to the ball of the District Corps Nr. V. of Artillery in the Salons of the Garrison Officers' Casino in Cracow, 2 II 1929. Invitation 4 p., in brochure cover, folded. 12.5 cm high. Front cover tear. In the Organizing Committee, among others: colonel Jan Maciej Bold, chief of Art. and Arm. O. K. V., Col. Gotfryd Kellner, Dca of the 6th p.a.p.
Legitimation of the Cross of Armed Deeds of the Polish Armed Forces in the West issued on September 20, 1990 to Tadeusz Zlotorowicz. Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joi...
7.5x11.5 cm. Good condition (cover scuffs, soiling). Identity card of Jozef Otorowski, engine driver of the Siedlce steam locomotive depot, entitling to discounted travel on state railroads. Issued on March 4, 1937, renewed in 1938 and 1939.
7th Wkp. Mounted Rifle Regiment] Invitation to the Horse Rifle Competition named after the 7th Wkp. Horse Rifle Regiment for May 14, 1927 in Kobylepol. Printed 1 p., signed in print: "Zofja and Stanislaw Mycielski". Height 11.5 cm. Card break in the middle. Invitation issued for Major Adam Zygmunt Prylinski (1881-1939) with his family.
Format 15x10.5 cm. Good condition (soiled). Post card with company correspondence sent in 1936 to Kielce by Boleslaw Gorski, owner of a warehouse of textile goods, linen and silks in Przemyśl.
Collection of notarial documents and other correspondence relating to the succession of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz. Dated. Paris [Paris] 2, 12 July and 7 August 1841. S. (12) in various formats, loose-leaf, in French. Stamped paper, dry-stamped backgrounds, autographs. Traces of folding, yellowing of paper. Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758-1841), outstanding Polish playwright and poet, historian, di...
Corps District Command No. V, swimming certificate. 1935 r. Issued in the name of Roman Grubenthal, who completed the water rescue course with a very good result. Stamps of DOK Nr V and the Cracow District Department of the Polish Swimming Association, signatures. Printed 2 p., partially filled in by hand. Measures 28.5x22 cm, traces of folding, file holes in margin, creases. Roman Grubenthal ...
List of the Westerplatte defense crew divided into individual outposts and their crews, including the further fate of the defenders. On the list one name is autographed by the Defender of Westerplatte - Bartoszak Franciszek Outpost Lazienki, later soldier of the Home Army, awarded the Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari. The list was published in Gdansk in 1974. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran...
Driver's license allowing the driving of motor vehicles from 1943 issued by the 1st Rifle Brigade to Tadeusz Zlotorowicz. Tadeusz Zlotrovich was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st...
Letter format 22x28 cm, envelope format 15x12.5 cm. Good condition (traces of folding and minor tears of the letter, envelope soiled, with tears). Letter from the J. Sosnowski Arms Factory and Storehouse in Warsaw, founded in 1860. Set includes letter and business envelope.
BORDER PROTECTION CORPS] Decorative workmanship of KOP badge in wood, originating from Officer's Casino or Watchtower (?). Poland, 1930s. Wood, painting, gluing. Dimensions 44.5 x 29 cm. Wood distortion, traces of woodworms, especially on the reverse. Chips of paint. Loss of the eagle's right leg.Border Protection Corps (KOP) - Polish military formation created in 1924 to protect the eastern b...
Zaświadczenie z Komisji Poborowej wystawione w Wierzbniku w 1933 roku określające zdolności do pełnienia służby wojskowe wystawiony na Stefana Kiełbasa, żołnierzu Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza Batalion "Hoszcza". Dimensions:8cm x 12cm. General condition as shown in photos.
Legitimation of the Commemorative Medal of the 30th anniversary of the battles of the 1st Grenadier Division in Lorraine awarded to Tadeusz Zlotrovich. Tadeusz Zlotrovich was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his wa...
GROMNICKI Feliks of the coat of arms Prawdzic] Address of the XL General Meeting of the People's School Society in Lviv informing about the offering of a memorial ring to Feliks Gromnicki in recognition of his merits. Lviv 13 XI 1937. Diploma in the form of a fold-out address of 2 pp. measuring 31.4 x 24.5 cm (each page). Ornamental floral borders printed in lithography, while the whole diplom...
BORDER PROTECTION CORPS] Name-day tableau for the commander of KOP Gen. Jan Kazimierz Kruszewski. Ludwipol, June 24, 1933. Tempera, gouache, watercolor on paper. At the bottom a fragment with signatures of officers, non-commissioned officers and riflemen of the Border Protection Corps. Dimensions 54 x 49 cm in light passe-partout, in frame 75 x 68 cm. Address framed in an elegant gilded frame ...
Legitimation for the commemorative badge of the 1st Grenadier Division issued on June 21, 1970 in Warsaw. Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st Grenadier Regim...
Thanksgiving address to Ordynat Maurycy Count Zamoyski, founder of the Ordinance Clerks' Prudence Fund. 1905 r. Made at the Photochemigraphic Works of B. Wierzbicki and Sp. in Warsaw. Light print (phototype), cardboard, 32x42 cm in size, no. dampstains, minor creases, glued at the edges with fragments of old paper and tissue paper. Print was designed by Konstanty Kietlicz-Rayski (1866-1924), p...
Advertising envelope of Daimon company producing flashlights and batteries for flashlights, the envelope signed by a soldier of the Border Protection Corps Battalion "Hoszcza" Stefan Kielbasa. Dimensions: General condition as in the photos.
30.5 cm, pp. 87, [1], 289 illustrations, p. f. oryg. Back of binding with rust spots otherwise good condition. Wrappers and graphic design by Zbigniew Rychlicki. The work contains short biographies with images of the graphic artists and examples of their works.
A set of documents left behind by Warsaw Uprising participant Helena Jeżewska. The set includes: -School identification card of the Helena Rzeszowska Private Female Humanist Gymnasium in Warsaw for the school year 1933/1934. -School identification card of the Helena Rzeszowska Private Female Gymnasium for the Humanities in Warsaw for the school year 1936. -Certificate of the Polish YMCA on co...
[KRASZEWSKI Jozef Ignacy] ESTREICHER Karol - Fifty years of J. I. Kraszewski's work (1830-1879) : an abecadal and chronological account of the jubilarian's fifty years of scientific and literary activity, listing all editions of his works and translations into foreign languages. [Prepared by Karol Estreicher]. Cracow 1879. outlay and work of the Board of Printers and typesetters of "Czas".Publ...
Dimensions: 97 x 155 mm, k. inscribed 38, over 230 stamps. Good condition.
Format 8x11.5 cm. Good condition (slight scuffs and dings). Permission to wear the Rifleman's Badge, issued in 1932 in Przemyśl, extended until 1935.
[Polish Legions] LEGION OF POLAND Military card, no. 20967 for Antoni Kudziela, soldier of IV Komp. III Baon of the 1st P. L. P. Stamp on cover: 1st Polish Legion with Eagle. S. 21, loose pages, some pages filled in by hand, with autographs. Traces of folds and paper breaks (most pages). Stains and soiling. Height 15.7 cm. Antoni Kudziela (b. 1897), soldier of the Polish Legions, took part in ...
1831 Josef Dwernicki (17979-1857) lengyel lovas tábornok kétsoros saját kézzel írt és aláírt köszönete a szerencsésen eltöltött órák emlékére
A letter sent on October 4, 1942 by Michał Ryziński, born March 10, 1897, a prisoner of the German Auschwitz Concentration Camp addressed to Stanisława Ryzińska, who lived in Cracow on Kielecka Street. The following correspondence rules were placed in German on each letter sent to families: Each prisoner had the right to receive and send two letters or two postcards to his family once a mo...
Polish State Railways, PKP] A set of designs for the building of the Main Board of the Polish State Railways in Warsaw, by Lviv architect, Witold Minkiewicz. [Warsaw, after 1927] The designs are from the archives of Witold Minkiewicz (1880-1961), Lviv architect, rector of Lviv University, husband of painter Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa. As is well known, the competition for the design of the...
Dimensions: 104 x 160 mm, pp. nlb. 134, all inscribed, over 300 stamps. Good condition.
1853 Wien, Ausschl. Pr. Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn vasúti fuvarlevél
1853 Ausschl. Pr. Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn vasúti fuvarlevél
Personal ID card of Second Lieutenant Waclaw Miałkowski, born December 4, 1905 in Warsaw. He served in the 8th Light Artillery Regiment in the PSZ in the USSR. The pass was issued on January 15, 1942 with the signature of General Wladyslaw Anders inside. Measures 17.2cm x 6.6cm. General condition can be seen in the photos.
BANDURSKI Władysław] Hourglass Rev. Dr. Władysław Bandurski titular Bishop of Cydon, born in Sokal dn 25. V. 1863, died in Vilna dn March 6, 1932. Printing house of Jozef Zawadzki in Vilna. Printed 1 p. Dimensions 31.5 x 40.5 cm. Paper tears. Wladyslaw Bandurski (1863-1932) - Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, doctor, auxiliary bishop of the Lviv and Vilna archdioceses, honorary chaplain of ...
Format 7.5x11.5 cm and 7.5x10.5 cm. Good condition (soiled). Membership card of the Riflemen's Association, entitling to discounts on state railroads. Issued in Rava Ruska (Ukraine) in 1938.
[World War I] Patience game for soldiers in shooting trenches 1914/15. manufacturer F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Wien XIII/1 Cardboard box measuring 8x8 cm, on the face a title in German, Hungarian, Czech and Polish, on the back in the same languages an advertisement for other toys of this type for soldiers, inside 15 stone elements for arranging geometrical figures. Cover with torn sides and sm...
Format 6.5x9.7 cm. Very good condition. Bicycle card issued in Cracow on June 28, 1928 in the name of Jan Konarowski (?).
12th Borderland Field Artillery Regiment] Invitation to the traditional St. Hubert's Hunting Run to be held on November 4, 1930. Printed 4 p., folded. Also included inside is an invitation to a dance party on the same day. Height 10.5 cm. Minor soiling, notations on the reverse. The 12th Borderland Light Artillery Regiment (12 pal) - a light artillery unit of the Polish Army in France and the ...
Coat of arms of the city of Lviv in Austrian approval. Lithograph from the k. XIX century. Lithograph reflected in brown, sheet dimensions: 34 x 25.3 cm. Minor stains and folds of margins. The image of Lviv's coat of arms as approved by the Austrian invader Emperor Joseph II on November 6, 1789. This is how K. Sochaniewicz describes the history of this variant of the coat of arms in his work "...
Lviv Bartosz Squads] 63 Order of the Supreme Council of the Bartosz Squads to Commissioners and Shop Stewards. Strictly secret [Lviv? 1914]. Typescript duplicate. 1 s. Oval stamp of the Supreme Council of the Bartoszn Druzhynki in Lviv. Signature of Stanislav Bac, the second chief executive (in 1913-1914). Height 33.8 cm. Traces of folding, minor paper loss. Letter of the chief warden of the B...
November Uprising] Head of the Municipal Guard Branch of the Free City of Cracow. Clean form of certificate of eligibility for security service [after XII 1830]. Issued by the Chief of the Municipal Guard Branch of the Free City of Cracow. Period of the November Uprising and the war with Russia 1830-31. Printed 1 p. on handmade paper with "Janowitz" watermark. Dimensions 33x20 cm. Folding mark...
[KOSTEK-BIERNACKI Waclaw] Free ride ticket of the Polish State Railways for the governor of Polesie, Waclaw Kostek-Biernacki. 1939 r. [PKP] Polish State Railways. 1939. free ride ticket (no. 11). Within all directorates of the P. K. P. For: Waclaw Bernacki, Voivode of Polesie. Valid until December 31, 1939. Printed 2 pp. Dimensions 7.5 x 10 cm. On the reverse the signature of the ticket holder...
Half card for the Commemorative Badge of the Greater Poland Army. Dimensions: 11cm x 8cm Condition as shown in photos.
Certificate of the State Sports Badge of 1934, issued to Wladyslaw Kozlowski. The document confirms the acquisition of the right to wear the POS, based on the decision of the Provincial Committee for Physical Education and Military Training in Warsaw, dated March 15, 1934. Bearing the official seal with the crowned eagle and the signature of the district governor. Valid until the end of 1935. ...
November Uprising] Squadron of the Tsar's Guard. Certificate of purchase of hay issued on September 5, 1831 by the command of a squadron of the Tsar's Guard regiment in the Zameczek estate, belonging to Ignacy Drużbacki. Certificate of purchase of hay issued on September 5, 1831 by the command of a squadron of the Tsar's Guard regiment in the estate belonging to Ignacy Druzhbacki. Manuscript ...
Folded card issued to Polish Army Captain Stanislaw Rachfata born March 31, 1887 containing basic data about the owner issued by the Drohobych Starosty, Lviv Province. Stanislaw Rachfata - Biography: "Stanislaw Rachfata (1887-1971), belonged to the technical intelligentsia in charge of Boryslav's oil industry. He was a graduate of the chemistry department of the Lviv Polytechnic, and from 1921...
32nd Infantry Regiment, Col. Zygmunt Polak] Invitation to the Regimental Celebration of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, to be held in Modlin, d. November 11, 1931. Printed 4 p., folded. Height 11.7 cm. On the invitation the signature of the regimental commander, Colonel graduated Zygmunt Polak. Invitation inscribed to Lt. Col. Marian Raczynski of the 12th Infantry Regiment.Zygmunt Franciszek Polak...