https://soviet-awards.com/forum/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:14:23 +0000 MyBB https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Hersz-Henryk-Tajgman-Dentist-Major-Artillery-Training-Centre Sun, 13 Aug 2017 14:38:25 +0000 Al-muell]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Hersz-Henryk-Tajgman-Dentist-Major-Artillery-Training-Centre It consists of a set of awards and their documents.

First, the group (uniform not related) and the Silver Cross of Merit.

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First, the group (uniform not related) and the Silver Cross of Merit.

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  IMG_0012.jpg (Size: 94.98 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Senior-Sergant-Jan-Gierczak-Partisan-State-Security-Employee Sat, 10 Sep 2016 09:28:57 +0000 Al-muell]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Senior-Sergant-Jan-Gierczak-Partisan-State-Security-Employee The group is apparently incompleate, as it consists of only two awards - Grunwald Badge and 10 years of the PRP medal, while the "reasearch" suggests that he should at least also have "10 years in Service to the Nation" badge, Victory and Freedom medal and Partisan Cross. And a "Poland to it's Defender" medal...
Yeah, this guy had a somewhat complicated life.

Butlet's start with the group itself.
First we have one box that is for none of the awards present.
There are alsothe awards themselves - the badge has the padding made ofcardboard covered with red cloth - probably to match the red collar tabs of the post-48 UB uniforms. Such paddings were quite popular with the badge, the most popular one was theone made of Grunwald Cross ribbon - even if the parson didn't have a Grunwald Cross at all.
The medal is in surprisingly good condition as for the award that was worn by an active serviceman for at least 4 more years.

Both documents are in standard covers, which is unusual with the Grunwald badge doc.
The grunwald Badge doc was issued on 25 August 1946 by the chief of the Voivodeship State Security Office. His rank was captain, but I can't make out the name.
Gierczak's rank isgiven as plut.[onowy] - platoon corporal, butit was unskillfully crossed out which suggests that he had already a different rank at that time.

The 10yrs. of the PRP medal doc is rather standard.

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  IMG_0039.jpg (Size: 117.03 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]> The group is apparently incompleate, as it consists of only two awards - Grunwald Badge and 10 years of the PRP medal, while the "reasearch" suggests that he should at least also have "10 years in Service to the Nation" badge, Victory and Freedom medal and Partisan Cross. And a "Poland to it's Defender" medal...
Yeah, this guy had a somewhat complicated life.

Butlet's start with the group itself.
First we have one box that is for none of the awards present.
There are alsothe awards themselves - the badge has the padding made ofcardboard covered with red cloth - probably to match the red collar tabs of the post-48 UB uniforms. Such paddings were quite popular with the badge, the most popular one was theone made of Grunwald Cross ribbon - even if the parson didn't have a Grunwald Cross at all.
The medal is in surprisingly good condition as for the award that was worn by an active serviceman for at least 4 more years.

Both documents are in standard covers, which is unusual with the Grunwald badge doc.
The grunwald Badge doc was issued on 25 August 1946 by the chief of the Voivodeship State Security Office. His rank was captain, but I can't make out the name.
Gierczak's rank isgiven as plut.[onowy] - platoon corporal, butit was unskillfully crossed out which suggests that he had already a different rank at that time.

The 10yrs. of the PRP medal doc is rather standard.

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  IMG_0039.jpg (Size: 117.03 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Senior-Lieutenant-J%C3%B3zef-Nied%C5%BAwiedzki-1st-Infantry-Regiment-Battle-Of-Lenino Mon, 09 May 2016 13:01:52 +0000 Al-muell]]> https://soviet-awards.com/forum/Thread-Senior-Lieutenant-J%C3%B3zef-Nied%C5%BAwiedzki-1st-Infantry-Regiment-Battle-Of-Lenino 1.Officer in the very first Polish unit formed in the USSR (after Anders's army left the USSR) - 1st Infantry Regiment;
2.He took part in the battle of Lenino (For the whole PRP period The anniversary of the battle was a Polish Army Day)
3.He was awarded a Soviet Award (Bravery Medal) for his actions during the battle. After Lenino, Soviet awards were mostly (but not inclusively) given only to the soldiers who were delegated from the Soviet Army, making such awardings very rarely encountered.

So let's start with what most of the people here are most interested in. The first document says:
"1st Praga Infantry Regiment 2.03.1946
Certification
It is certified, that por. Niedźwiedzki Józef son of Antoni, according to the awarding records of our unit, was awarded by a decree of the Highest Council of the USSR of 11.11.1943 with the medal "For Courage"

Assistant Cief of Staff of the 1st Praga Infantry Regiment for officer records
/-/ Karaszewski - lt."

The date suggested already that it was a lenino battle award, the only problem was the name.
The first name shouldn't have been problematic - it would normally be translated as "Иосиф", also patronimic should have been easy - simply "Антонович". But nothing was simple.
To make things harder, the surname is one of the hardest possible to find.
First, the surname's core - "Niedźwiedź" (bear) is "медвед" in Russian, so a common practice was to "ruthenize" such names. Also in Russian adjective surnames end with "ий", and it happens with all transcribed Polish surnames of this type, that they get this "j" at the end in Russian. But that's not the worst. The surname has "dź" dyphtong. Theoretically, Russian equivalent would be "дь" (doesn't sound exactly the same, but historically it is an equivalent), however, it can also be written by someone less-educated as "дзь" (almost the same sound) or "дз" (simplified, but contains "z"). Another problem "-dzki" ending. In Russian "dz" here could be "дз" or more ortographicly correct "дс" or more phonetical "ц" (even in Polish documents the surname is once misspelled "Nieźwiecki").
You would be surprised how many Nedvedskiys and MEdvedskiys there are on podvignaroda with with numerous spelling variants. Adding name and patronimic didn't help, until I realised, that the name could have been written phoneticaly "Юзеф". Bingo... It was a looong search.

Not all graphs filled, so only those that are are given below:
"1. Surname, Name and Patronimic: Niedzviedskiy Yuzef
3.Function, unit: Deputy Platoon commander of the 76mm battery of the 1st Infantry Regiment 1st Polish Kościuszko Infantry Division
5.Nationality: Polish
8.HAs wounds or contussions in the patriotic war: Doesn't have wounds and contusions
9.Since when in the (Crossed out: Red, added: Polish) Army: from June 1943
11.With what awarded earlier: Was not awarded
___________
Private [probably mistake, both function and all other documents suggest other rank] Niedzwiedskiy Yuzef, during the fights of 13 October 1943 in the region of the town of Lenino, in extraordinarily hard conditions - in the open field, under heavy enemy fire personally provided first aid to the wounded on the battlefield and evacuated them to the hiding place.
During this very fight a commander of a cannon was killed, the cannon was endangered. Niedzviedskiy replaced the gun commander and skillfully continued fire on the enemy and moved the cannon to the new firing position in working condition.
Worthy of being awarded with "For courage" medal

28th October 1943
Commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division captain Berkovich (Berkowicz)

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Deserves "For Courage" medal
28th Octobra 1943
Commander of the 1st Polish Infantry Division major-general (generał dywizji) Z. Berling
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Worthy to be awarded.
Commander of the 33 Army colonel-general V. Gordov
Chief of Staff major-general Bab?????
___ November 1943"

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  niedźwiedzki2.jpg (Size: 123.09 KB / Downloads: 4) ]]> 1.Officer in the very first Polish unit formed in the USSR (after Anders's army left the USSR) - 1st Infantry Regiment;
2.He took part in the battle of Lenino (For the whole PRP period The anniversary of the battle was a Polish Army Day)
3.He was awarded a Soviet Award (Bravery Medal) for his actions during the battle. After Lenino, Soviet awards were mostly (but not inclusively) given only to the soldiers who were delegated from the Soviet Army, making such awardings very rarely encountered.

So let's start with what most of the people here are most interested in. The first document says:
"1st Praga Infantry Regiment 2.03.1946
Certification
It is certified, that por. Niedźwiedzki Józef son of Antoni, according to the awarding records of our unit, was awarded by a decree of the Highest Council of the USSR of 11.11.1943 with the medal "For Courage"

Assistant Cief of Staff of the 1st Praga Infantry Regiment for officer records
/-/ Karaszewski - lt."

The date suggested already that it was a lenino battle award, the only problem was the name.
The first name shouldn't have been problematic - it would normally be translated as "Иосиф", also patronimic should have been easy - simply "Антонович". But nothing was simple.
To make things harder, the surname is one of the hardest possible to find.
First, the surname's core - "Niedźwiedź" (bear) is "медвед" in Russian, so a common practice was to "ruthenize" such names. Also in Russian adjective surnames end with "ий", and it happens with all transcribed Polish surnames of this type, that they get this "j" at the end in Russian. But that's not the worst. The surname has "dź" dyphtong. Theoretically, Russian equivalent would be "дь" (doesn't sound exactly the same, but historically it is an equivalent), however, it can also be written by someone less-educated as "дзь" (almost the same sound) or "дз" (simplified, but contains "z"). Another problem "-dzki" ending. In Russian "dz" here could be "дз" or more ortographicly correct "дс" or more phonetical "ц" (even in Polish documents the surname is once misspelled "Nieźwiecki").
You would be surprised how many Nedvedskiys and MEdvedskiys there are on podvignaroda with with numerous spelling variants. Adding name and patronimic didn't help, until I realised, that the name could have been written phoneticaly "Юзеф". Bingo... It was a looong search.

Not all graphs filled, so only those that are are given below:
"1. Surname, Name and Patronimic: Niedzviedskiy Yuzef
3.Function, unit: Deputy Platoon commander of the 76mm battery of the 1st Infantry Regiment 1st Polish Kościuszko Infantry Division
5.Nationality: Polish
8.HAs wounds or contussions in the patriotic war: Doesn't have wounds and contusions
9.Since when in the (Crossed out: Red, added: Polish) Army: from June 1943
11.With what awarded earlier: Was not awarded
___________
Private [probably mistake, both function and all other documents suggest other rank] Niedzwiedskiy Yuzef, during the fights of 13 October 1943 in the region of the town of Lenino, in extraordinarily hard conditions - in the open field, under heavy enemy fire personally provided first aid to the wounded on the battlefield and evacuated them to the hiding place.
During this very fight a commander of a cannon was killed, the cannon was endangered. Niedzviedskiy replaced the gun commander and skillfully continued fire on the enemy and moved the cannon to the new firing position in working condition.
Worthy of being awarded with "For courage" medal

28th October 1943
Commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division captain Berkovich (Berkowicz)

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Deserves "For Courage" medal
28th Octobra 1943
Commander of the 1st Polish Infantry Division major-general (generał dywizji) Z. Berling
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Worthy to be awarded.
Commander of the 33 Army colonel-general V. Gordov
Chief of Staff major-general Bab?????
___ November 1943"

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I don’t own the compleate group, but try to acumulate as much as posible, so this thread is to evolve in the future. However, I know now that some ítems – including the uniforms and most of the pre-1983 awards - are unavailable.

Business cards – from top to bottom: His Wife and his - probably the latest, From 1989-1990 period, when he was both Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (Vice president of the council of Ministers), Post-1990, as a retired general.

Photographs: From 2010-2015?, As brigade general 1970’s, In civilian clothes, probably post-1983.

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I don’t own the compleate group, but try to acumulate as much as posible, so this thread is to evolve in the future. However, I know now that some ítems – including the uniforms and most of the pre-1983 awards - are unavailable.

Business cards – from top to bottom: His Wife and his - probably the latest, From 1989-1990 period, when he was both Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (Vice president of the council of Ministers), Post-1990, as a retired general.

Photographs: From 2010-2015?, As brigade general 1970’s, In civilian clothes, probably post-1983.

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Most of the documents won't even require translation, as they are in English.
Later on, I will post a bit of an inforamtion on Sidor himself, and a lot of sources on his partisan activity.

First we have a letter for the participants of the military mission to present o any Brittish authorities whose help may be required by the mission.
It was issued by the Brittish Embessay in Warsaw. the city of Teschen listed is most likely Cieszyn/Te's'in on the Polo-czech border.
Sidor listed in the first place.


Letter (dated October 1945) from the Polish Embassey in Rome asking all civil and military authiorities to provide neccessary help to the personnel of the mission.

Multi-lingual document certifying powers grantd to Sidor on his work in Italy.

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Most of the documents won't even require translation, as they are in English.
Later on, I will post a bit of an inforamtion on Sidor himself, and a lot of sources on his partisan activity.

First we have a letter for the participants of the military mission to present o any Brittish authorities whose help may be required by the mission.
It was issued by the Brittish Embessay in Warsaw. the city of Teschen listed is most likely Cieszyn/Te's'in on the Polo-czech border.
Sidor listed in the first place.


Letter (dated October 1945) from the Polish Embassey in Rome asking all civil and military authiorities to provide neccessary help to the personnel of the mission.

Multi-lingual document certifying powers grantd to Sidor on his work in Italy.

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The awards shown here are those in my possesion, for sure the "For Warsaw" is missing (it was sold to someone else), Probably also V&F medal and Grunwald Badge are missing, as well as Soviet Awards (he probably got VoG, Liberation of Warsaw and Capture of Berlin), but those were probably never offered. The seller was also selling silver Cross of Virtuti Militari Order which was supposed to be Wojnar's, but no source confirms that he was ever awarded that, also that award's ribbon didn't fitthe rest (was of normal size).

So here we have:
Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross, Bronze "Meritous On The Field Of Glory" medal, "For Oder, Niesse, Baltic Sea" medal and 1st Infantry Division Badge mini.

Here is also the main reason I got interested in this group - an ultra-rare early bilingual ID card that was issued to the soldiers of the first units of the newly-created Polish 1st Infantry Division in 1943. It gives his rank as kanonier (private in artillery - note that russian side says "Enlisted Personnel"). This IDs were used simultanously with "Red Army Booklets" filled-in in Polish untill summer 1944 when new military IDs were issued. Wojnar Probably had his untill January 1945, when he was issued an officer ID (see below)

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The awards shown here are those in my possesion, for sure the "For Warsaw" is missing (it was sold to someone else), Probably also V&F medal and Grunwald Badge are missing, as well as Soviet Awards (he probably got VoG, Liberation of Warsaw and Capture of Berlin), but those were probably never offered. The seller was also selling silver Cross of Virtuti Militari Order which was supposed to be Wojnar's, but no source confirms that he was ever awarded that, also that award's ribbon didn't fitthe rest (was of normal size).

So here we have:
Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross, Bronze "Meritous On The Field Of Glory" medal, "For Oder, Niesse, Baltic Sea" medal and 1st Infantry Division Badge mini.

Here is also the main reason I got interested in this group - an ultra-rare early bilingual ID card that was issued to the soldiers of the first units of the newly-created Polish 1st Infantry Division in 1943. It gives his rank as kanonier (private in artillery - note that russian side says "Enlisted Personnel"). This IDs were used simultanously with "Red Army Booklets" filled-in in Polish untill summer 1944 when new military IDs were issued. Wojnar Probably had his untill January 1945, when he was issued an officer ID (see below)

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First we have 1944-dated certification of service issued by the 13th Infantry regiment - for Teodora Malawska (wife) to receive allowances as set for the servicemen and workers of the Polish Army, certyfying that a member of her family - Zbigniew Malawski serves in the Polish Army since 10th September 1944 and is a squad Leader.

(The regiment was a part of the 2nd Polish Army (in the East). It fought in Lusitia and Czechoslovakia.)

Next document is 1949-dated ID issued by the Military Prosecutor Office (!) of the District Directorate of the Stare Railway (DOKP) in Łódź certifying that lieutenant of the SOK (=Straż Ochrony Kolei=Railway Security Guard, a uniformed, ussually armed service responsible for railway protection) Zbigniew Malawski son of Antoni, delegated from the District command of SOK in Łódź to the Military Prosecutor Office of the LOKP in Łódź is acting as an investigator. The document calls all the military, state securityand railway authorities to show him help with performing his duties.
ID valid until 31st December 1949, was signed by the Military Prosecutor of the DOKP in Łódź, lt. colonel Kanel
The ID has number "1" - which means it was the first one in that year. Not so surprising, as it has the date of 7th of January 1949.

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First we have 1944-dated certification of service issued by the 13th Infantry regiment - for Teodora Malawska (wife) to receive allowances as set for the servicemen and workers of the Polish Army, certyfying that a member of her family - Zbigniew Malawski serves in the Polish Army since 10th September 1944 and is a squad Leader.

(The regiment was a part of the 2nd Polish Army (in the East). It fought in Lusitia and Czechoslovakia.)

Next document is 1949-dated ID issued by the Military Prosecutor Office (!) of the District Directorate of the Stare Railway (DOKP) in Łódź certifying that lieutenant of the SOK (=Straż Ochrony Kolei=Railway Security Guard, a uniformed, ussually armed service responsible for railway protection) Zbigniew Malawski son of Antoni, delegated from the District command of SOK in Łódź to the Military Prosecutor Office of the LOKP in Łódź is acting as an investigator. The document calls all the military, state securityand railway authorities to show him help with performing his duties.
ID valid until 31st December 1949, was signed by the Military Prosecutor of the DOKP in Łódź, lt. colonel Kanel
The ID has number "1" - which means it was the first one in that year. Not so surprising, as it has the date of 7th of January 1949.

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So, first we have his awards - at least those that I have. Silver "Meritous..." and "For Oder, Niesse, Baltic Sea" have the ribbons missing. The additional ribbon came with the group, but I am not sure if it belongs to the group.

And here is a nice, coloured and framed enlarged photograph of our hero around 1946 (it was hard to take a good shot, and it's too large to scan, so two pictures). Doesn't look very different from the main character of the "Four...".
The portrait shows that both Warsaw medals are missing, as well as Victory and Freedom medal. Not sure why. It also shows, that he wore Berlin and VoG medals in different configuration than shown above, which may explain the medal-shaped stain on the Berlin medal.

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So, first we have his awards - at least those that I have. Silver "Meritous..." and "For Oder, Niesse, Baltic Sea" have the ribbons missing. The additional ribbon came with the group, but I am not sure if it belongs to the group.

And here is a nice, coloured and framed enlarged photograph of our hero around 1946 (it was hard to take a good shot, and it's too large to scan, so two pictures). Doesn't look very different from the main character of the "Four...".
The portrait shows that both Warsaw medals are missing, as well as Victory and Freedom medal. Not sure why. It also shows, that he wore Berlin and VoG medals in different configuration than shown above, which may explain the medal-shaped stain on the Berlin medal.

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1.A photograph of him – probably after de-mobilisation in “civilized” uniform jacket with 2 ribbons seen: Cross of Merit and Cross of the Brave/Meritous on the field of Glory medal – the second option seems more likely. It is signed “Janiszewski” on the back and was found between the pages o the Equipment booklet. Probably from some early post-war ID.

2.Medical commission note from 28 August 1943 (probably in Seltsy on Oka) in Russian stating that he is fit for non-formation (rear) service because of health problems (I think I see “myocardiopathy”, but can’t make out the rest. Signed by medical service major, bears the bi-lingual stamp of the command of the 1st Infantry Division named after Tadeusz Kościuszko. By the way, it was written on the back of a registry card torn in half (lack of paper was the problem for all the war period)

3.Capture of Berlin medal doc issued on 23rd February 1946 to him as a lieutenant, signed by colonel Seleckiy (col. Józef Sielecki, commander f the division at that time), has the new stamp of the unit that reads “Polish Army * Red Banner and Order of Kutuzov 1st Infantry Division named after Tadeusz Kościuszko”.

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1.A photograph of him – probably after de-mobilisation in “civilized” uniform jacket with 2 ribbons seen: Cross of Merit and Cross of the Brave/Meritous on the field of Glory medal – the second option seems more likely. It is signed “Janiszewski” on the back and was found between the pages o the Equipment booklet. Probably from some early post-war ID.

2.Medical commission note from 28 August 1943 (probably in Seltsy on Oka) in Russian stating that he is fit for non-formation (rear) service because of health problems (I think I see “myocardiopathy”, but can’t make out the rest. Signed by medical service major, bears the bi-lingual stamp of the command of the 1st Infantry Division named after Tadeusz Kościuszko. By the way, it was written on the back of a registry card torn in half (lack of paper was the problem for all the war period)

3.Capture of Berlin medal doc issued on 23rd February 1946 to him as a lieutenant, signed by colonel Seleckiy (col. Józef Sielecki, commander f the division at that time), has the new stamp of the unit that reads “Polish Army * Red Banner and Order of Kutuzov 1st Infantry Division named after Tadeusz Kościuszko”.

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First thing is his Military ID from 1949, issued by the RKU in Kielce.
Apparently Roman Grzywnowicz, son of Jacenty was born on August 8th 1911 in Częstochowa, didn't serve in the army and was qualified for auxiliary military service with speciality number 131 - Fit for service, not trained and a rank of private.
He lived in Kielce and was the"head of the party department" (probably in a newspaper) and the only education listed is the journalist course in Warsaw in 1949.
Record stamps show that in 1951 he apparently moved to Sosnowiec.
Even though he was first called formilitary medical examination in 1932 and was fit for service, he never served. It may indicate some higher education that is not mentionned.

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First thing is his Military ID from 1949, issued by the RKU in Kielce.
Apparently Roman Grzywnowicz, son of Jacenty was born on August 8th 1911 in Częstochowa, didn't serve in the army and was qualified for auxiliary military service with speciality number 131 - Fit for service, not trained and a rank of private.
He lived in Kielce and was the"head of the party department" (probably in a newspaper) and the only education listed is the journalist course in Warsaw in 1949.
Record stamps show that in 1951 he apparently moved to Sosnowiec.
Even though he was first called formilitary medical examination in 1932 and was fit for service, he never served. It may indicate some higher education that is not mentionned.

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Firstly we have his 12th October 1956 Bronze Medal "Armed Forces For Long Service" (for 5 years service) whilst still a Captain

25th September 1965 Silver Medal "Armed Forces For Long Service" (for 15 years service).

31st March 1967 issued 31st March 1963 awarded Gold Cross Of Merits - a 4 year catch up!

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Firstly we have his 12th October 1956 Bronze Medal "Armed Forces For Long Service" (for 5 years service) whilst still a Captain

25th September 1965 Silver Medal "Armed Forces For Long Service" (for 15 years service).

31st March 1967 issued 31st March 1963 awarded Gold Cross Of Merits - a 4 year catch up!

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So first, we have the 10 years of the PRP medal and it's document, giving the rank of lieutenant. Nothing strange here.

Than we have a 1961 ZBoWiD member's ID, with fees paid until 1968. Unfortunately, this type of ID does not give the member's combat activity. Still nothing out of an ordinary - could be for war-time combat activity, term in Nazi camps or for post-war "strengthening of the people's rule"...

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So first, we have the 10 years of the PRP medal and it's document, giving the rank of lieutenant. Nothing strange here.

Than we have a 1961 ZBoWiD member's ID, with fees paid until 1968. Unfortunately, this type of ID does not give the member's combat activity. Still nothing out of an ordinary - could be for war-time combat activity, term in Nazi camps or for post-war "strengthening of the people's rule"...

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I believe he is in the centre of this photograph (going by insignia) dated 22nd May 1946 and originally gifted to Janka (for him to have this return does this mean he married her?).

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I believe he is in the centre of this photograph (going by insignia) dated 22nd May 1946 and originally gifted to Janka (for him to have this return does this mean he married her?).

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This is another group partly researched thanks to Alojzy Sroga's "Na Drodze Stał Kołobrzeg".

First we have his 1946-dated VoG booklet issued by the Infantry Officer School nr 1 (in Russian apparently called "1st Officer School of the Infantry and Cavalery of the Polish Army". Document signed by the head of the officer school. Gives his rank as "Plutonowy" (morethan a corporal, less than a sgt.,theoreticaly fit to lead a platoon).

Than we have a 1970-dated Cross of the Brave booklet (almost certainly a catch-up award), giving his rank as Lt. colonel - so apparently he has finished the school.

Altough I was unable to locate anz photograph of the man, Sroga gives his short biografical data at the end of his book:
"Mentlewicz Ignacy, son of Wincenty (1922), corporal, 7inf. rgt. Soldier of the Feliks Zarożny's company, his participation in repelling a German counterattack was described in a special leaflet printed by the political-educational section of the regiment. Awarded bronze "Meritous on the field of Glory" medal [if I were to guess - for that counterattack repelling]. After the war sent to the officer school. His later fate unknown to the author."

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This is another group partly researched thanks to Alojzy Sroga's "Na Drodze Stał Kołobrzeg".

First we have his 1946-dated VoG booklet issued by the Infantry Officer School nr 1 (in Russian apparently called "1st Officer School of the Infantry and Cavalery of the Polish Army". Document signed by the head of the officer school. Gives his rank as "Plutonowy" (morethan a corporal, less than a sgt.,theoreticaly fit to lead a platoon).

Than we have a 1970-dated Cross of the Brave booklet (almost certainly a catch-up award), giving his rank as Lt. colonel - so apparently he has finished the school.

Altough I was unable to locate anz photograph of the man, Sroga gives his short biografical data at the end of his book:
"Mentlewicz Ignacy, son of Wincenty (1922), corporal, 7inf. rgt. Soldier of the Feliks Zarożny's company, his participation in repelling a German counterattack was described in a special leaflet printed by the political-educational section of the regiment. Awarded bronze "Meritous on the field of Glory" medal [if I were to guess - for that counterattack repelling]. After the war sent to the officer school. His later fate unknown to the author."

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