borejki auta radzymin sokal

[all1knew]

Hello all,

Can anyone please help me identify this badge? I looked up a rough translation and believe it is for the 28th Rifle Regiment Kaniowskich but don't know exactly what this means. Came in a very old collection I just purchased. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance.

William Kramer

[jaxmon]

You have correctly identified your badge. This is indeed 28th Kaniowski Riflemen Regiment. It was infantry regiment. Kaniowski is a nickname regiment has acquired after the battle of Kaniow in 1919. Borejki, Auta, Radzymin, Sokal are names of battlefields, where regiment fought, during Polish-Bolshevik war.

[Tomasz70]

The badge showed on photos is a second model introduced in 1929 and this is a private's / NCO's version (officers' ones were silver enameled). Unfortunately, I cannot refer to originality of the presented example – one should bear in mind that many post war copies have been prepared, even with use of original matrix (due to that it is hardly possible to identify them).

[pat15567]

Yep, its a badge of the 28th from Lodz in Poland. Borejki, Auta, Sokal and Radzymin were places of major battles fought during 1919-21 war (not only against Bolshevik Russia). Kaniowski was a nickname acording to regiment roots - it was formed on Ukraine in 1919 from two regiments - newly formed 28 IR from Lodz and small group of veterans/survivors from Kaniow. In Second Republic four infantry regiments were called Kaniowski: 28 and 31 based in Lodz plus 30(Warsaw) and 29(Kalisz). This is a version for NCO's and soldiers as mentioned. No idea about originality ...

I'm intereted in buying/swap for sth else even if its a copy.