Pre-war Badge thread

[Krakow1]

Here is a picture of the back of a genuine Cross :

[Krakow1]

Pictures of front, and the spinner. Pictures taken with phone, so quality is poor.

[Krakow1]

And the ugly sticking out wires on #1 would tear up Uniform if one put that Cross on.

[CQE]

Tomasz,

there is also a third variant (?) - The Rokitna Cross #56 in excellent Stela's book "POLSKIE ODZNAKI HONOROWE I PAMIATKOWE"
page 16, four wires are bent inwards!

Another difference is in placing of a number (No):
#1 Cross has number after the names.
#56 Cross has number between the names.
Hope it helps.

Best regards,
Jurek

[Krakow1]

Jurek,

As I stated before, I have only seen one genuine Rokitna Cross.

I do not have the Stela book, but if the wires are not finished as in the picture I shown, then I have a problem with it also. The Number goes after the names.

This was a limited run of Crosses, to this day for Polish Cavalry collectors this is the Holy Grail.

[CQE]

Re #411 - LWOW

Tadeusz Rutowski - wiceprezydent Lwowa, zasłużony dla obrony miasta w czasie inwazji rosyjskiej 1914-1915

Medal autorstwa J. Raszki wydany przez Naczelny Komitet Narodowy w 1915 r.

Best regards,
Jurek
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[CQE]

1915 LWOW
Komitet Opieki dla Zolnierzy Polskich

Best regards,
Jurek
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[tompress]

Hi Guys,

my first small addition to this thread: badge of Szkoła Podoficerów Piechoty dla Małoletnich Nr 2 in Grudziądz (Infantry N.C.O. School for Teenagers No 2).

Badge looks to be form the period, but I am not sure, if this screwdisc has originally belonged to it.

regards
Tomasz

[tompress]

And here is one of the few versions of commemorative badge to Front Litwesko-Białoruski 1919-1920: two-piece construction, without enamel.

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Hi Tom,

Re your question about the authenticity of the junior school badge, Grabski is noted in the W. Mos reference as a maker of the 2nd and 3rd School badges. I don’t have any good images of the badges though and have never owned one of these. Best I can offer is that I don’t see any immediate problems with yours, and I also don’t think these are a hot commodity for the copiers to want to reproduce. So a cautious thumbs up.

Good looking Lithuanian-White Russian Front badge. The spinner might be a replacement though - ??

Thanks for sharing your badges.

Cheers,
Tony