08-17-2012, 07:51 PM
Stalin's Grattitude for the participation in the capture of Kłobrzeg (Koloberg) - One of the heaviest urban battles that Polish 1st Army took part in before the Berlin Operation.
Temporary certificate for the "For Odra, Nysa and Baltic" medal from march 1946 and the medal itself. As You can see, It has suffered from the exposition to humidity.
Temporary certificate for the "Meritous on the field of glory" bronze medal from july 1946. This certificate suggests that he was still in active service then, which means that this award can as well be for his war-time deeds as for the post-war mine-sweeping operations in which he, as a sapper undoubtedly took part.
A letter from the commander of the Warsaw 1st Sapper Regiment certyfying that prvt. Podlak took part in the fight with thehitlerite invaders as a soldier of the 1st Warsaw Engeneering troops Brigade and should be awarded the "Victory and Freedom" medal, which was not given to him in his unit. This may suggest, that he was about to be demobilized or moved to a different unit. The document was issued in september 1946. From what I know, he eventually got the medal and I hope to aquire it and the doc when possible.
I like this group for several reasons. First is that it consists mostly of the "frontline" documents (temporary and ersatz). Then it is somewhat "compleate" - it shows the battle route of the man to the (most likely) end - demobilization. The final reason is that this set is to the soldier of a unit that had an almost identical route to that of the 18th infantry regiment - a unit that our group had chosen for reenactment. They even both were given honorary "Kołobrzeg" title for the participation in the battle for the city.
Temporary certificate for the "For Odra, Nysa and Baltic" medal from march 1946 and the medal itself. As You can see, It has suffered from the exposition to humidity.
Temporary certificate for the "Meritous on the field of glory" bronze medal from july 1946. This certificate suggests that he was still in active service then, which means that this award can as well be for his war-time deeds as for the post-war mine-sweeping operations in which he, as a sapper undoubtedly took part.
A letter from the commander of the Warsaw 1st Sapper Regiment certyfying that prvt. Podlak took part in the fight with thehitlerite invaders as a soldier of the 1st Warsaw Engeneering troops Brigade and should be awarded the "Victory and Freedom" medal, which was not given to him in his unit. This may suggest, that he was about to be demobilized or moved to a different unit. The document was issued in september 1946. From what I know, he eventually got the medal and I hope to aquire it and the doc when possible.
I like this group for several reasons. First is that it consists mostly of the "frontline" documents (temporary and ersatz). Then it is somewhat "compleate" - it shows the battle route of the man to the (most likely) end - demobilization. The final reason is that this set is to the soldier of a unit that had an almost identical route to that of the 18th infantry regiment - a unit that our group had chosen for reenactment. They even both were given honorary "Kołobrzeg" title for the participation in the battle for the city.
