Here is a picture of the back of a genuine Cross :
Here is a picture of the back of a genuine Cross :
Pictures of front, and the spinner. Pictures taken with phone, so quality is poor.
And the ugly sticking out wires on #1 would tear up Uniform if one put that Cross on.
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
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.
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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1915 LWOW
Komitet Opieki dla Zolnierzy Polskich
Best regards,
Jurek
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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
And here is one of the few versions of commemorative badge to Front Litwesko-Białoruski 1919-1920: two-piece construction, without enamel.
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
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