Polish Standard found !

[Gary J]

A Polish Standard hidden in a grave during the Warsaw uprising has been rediscovered after nearly 65 years.
The standard was from the 6th Mounted Rifles Regiment.

At present, the standard in undergoing restoration at the polish War Museum in Warsaw.

(Website with details ... I'm afraid it's only in Polish, .. but there are some pictures of the standard.)

Sztandar u?anów odnaleziony w grobowcu - ?ycie Warszawy

Gary J.

[Alan M]

Hi Gary , that`s an amazing story !! Do you know if it was buried with someone or on it`s own ?

cheers Al

[Gary J]

I believe that the grave was used because it was thought to be a safe hiding place ... (It wasn't hidden in a contemporary grave, .. most probably an old dry lined tomb/masoleum).
Obviously at this point of the war, the Germans even if they had known there was a standard hidden in a graveyard, would most probably have not bothered wasting manpower searching for it when there were more pressing tasks at hand.

Gary J.

[Kharkov43]

Very nice! Joe

[Adrian Stevenson]

Try this link for a crude translation:

Translated version of http://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/185,354477.html

Thanks for posting it Gary, most interesting!

Cheers, Ade.

[Gary J]

Thanks for the translation Ade ...
I was just working on a very rough one myself .... and it looked and sounded dreadful !!

Cheers ...

Gary J.

[ironcross1]

Awesome piece of history , great to see its been found , cheers for the post, Raymond

[3mk]

I heard that not 1 single Polish banner was captured in ww2.Is this true?