10-29-2010, 11:17 AM
A most recent purchese, that probably won't last long in my collection as I will have to sell it. But before, I will have to get as much of this group as I can (what I have is far from being complete - the family has a lot more stuff (some really cool too), unfortunately, the uniforms have already been sold to some film makers (if they were used in the movie I think of, the guy is probablycursing in his grave)).
So, It's to a most unusual person - a Scouting movement activist, WW2 partisan, post-war militia captain (SB officer, according to the family, but I will have to see more docs to confirm this, however, his Militia ID was unnumbered, and this is commonly associated with the SB, but can as well be an effect of someone's carelessness), painter, writer, journalist and post-89 polititian. And according to the family's friend - a total wierdo (unfortunately there's no good translation of polish "totalnie jebnięty" term:)) who died in 2009.
Anyway, what I got is: A cased set of his medals (incomplete - some are missing and probably he never actually got Auschwitz Cross that is there, altough he personally prepeared this case)
Award boxes for various awards (inclouding some that are not present)
Various award booklets IDs and an ID card of his service pistol (which he should NOT have, as it was supposed to be given back to the militia on the retirement (or death if he was allowed to keep the pistol) togeather with the gun:wow)
about 20 fotographs (inclouding photocopy of his militia ID)
His ribbon bar (one of his most recent versions) - interestingly one award is removed, from the photographs it seems that it could have been Virtuti Militari. It seems that it was either awarded to him after 1989 and then cancelled, or it was awarded to him by the usurpatory president Sokolnicki (he specialises in awarding weterans of the AK, NSZ, Armed Forces in the West and various members of the post 1945 political oposition), then he would deny the award for political or legal reasons.
Some of his Uniform accessories - cap bands and eagle, his scouting movement uniform cap.
Xerox copies of letters from him and to him (one from Jerzy Szmajdziński, a marshal of Polish Parlaiment who died in the Air Crash in Smoleńsk this April)
A xerox copy of his self-portrait (probably won't be able to get any of his art works, as they were promised to the town museum in Bielawa).
His Notebook from his Militia training course from 1975 (containing some data that WAS secret at that time).
Unfortunately, some of the paper items are in bad condition, as they suffered during the recent floods)
I will have more of his stuff in the middle of the month.
I was hoping that the family could provide a short biography of him, but they are unwillig as his daughters don't want to have anything to do with him anymore (sic!). So unless he wrote something about himself, I will have to get the story from documents.
So, It's to a most unusual person - a Scouting movement activist, WW2 partisan, post-war militia captain (SB officer, according to the family, but I will have to see more docs to confirm this, however, his Militia ID was unnumbered, and this is commonly associated with the SB, but can as well be an effect of someone's carelessness), painter, writer, journalist and post-89 polititian. And according to the family's friend - a total wierdo (unfortunately there's no good translation of polish "totalnie jebnięty" term:)) who died in 2009.
Anyway, what I got is: A cased set of his medals (incomplete - some are missing and probably he never actually got Auschwitz Cross that is there, altough he personally prepeared this case)
Award boxes for various awards (inclouding some that are not present)
Various award booklets IDs and an ID card of his service pistol (which he should NOT have, as it was supposed to be given back to the militia on the retirement (or death if he was allowed to keep the pistol) togeather with the gun:wow)
about 20 fotographs (inclouding photocopy of his militia ID)
His ribbon bar (one of his most recent versions) - interestingly one award is removed, from the photographs it seems that it could have been Virtuti Militari. It seems that it was either awarded to him after 1989 and then cancelled, or it was awarded to him by the usurpatory president Sokolnicki (he specialises in awarding weterans of the AK, NSZ, Armed Forces in the West and various members of the post 1945 political oposition), then he would deny the award for political or legal reasons.
Some of his Uniform accessories - cap bands and eagle, his scouting movement uniform cap.
Xerox copies of letters from him and to him (one from Jerzy Szmajdziński, a marshal of Polish Parlaiment who died in the Air Crash in Smoleńsk this April)
A xerox copy of his self-portrait (probably won't be able to get any of his art works, as they were promised to the town museum in Bielawa).
His Notebook from his Militia training course from 1975 (containing some data that WAS secret at that time).
Unfortunately, some of the paper items are in bad condition, as they suffered during the recent floods)
I will have more of his stuff in the middle of the month.
I was hoping that the family could provide a short biography of him, but they are unwillig as his daughters don't want to have anything to do with him anymore (sic!). So unless he wrote something about himself, I will have to get the story from documents.
