Monte Cassino cross

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

Whilst surfing yesterday I came across the following Crosses and Legitymacja, which I thought I would share with you all :



Monte Cassino Cross Legitymacja Numbered 14452 awarded to St.Szer. Mieczysław Zarzecki, Born 1924, Army Number : 1924-17-III, Unit : 13KZiT, ended the war serving in the 18KZaop.









Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 14507 when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Strz.

Surname : Żmur

Christian Name : Bazyli

Date of Birth : 1919

Army Number : 1919-71-III

Unit : 2BSK

By the end of the Campaign in Italy he had been promoted to St.Strz. (Lance Corporal) and awarded the KW.







Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 23323 when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Kapral

Surname : Radziukiewicz

Christian Name : Władysław

Date of Birth : 1902

Army Number : 1902-23-III

Unit : 5PAPLotn.









Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 42237, when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Kapral

Surname : Sieciechowski

Christian Name : Michał

Date of Birth : 1890

Army Number : 1890-27-III

Unit : 162SW

At the end of the Italian Campaign he had been promoted to Plut. (Lance Sergeant) and was serving in the 3rd Brigade 3DSK.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[ValeriiGajewski]

Hello there everyone!

Does anybody know, there is it possible to get the list of awwards by this three medals? Which Polish Ministery can provide this information? Thanks.

Krzyż Kampanii Wrześniowej 1939


Krzyż Czynu Bojowego Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie


Medal „Za udział w wojnie obronnej 1939”


Regards, Valerii

[ValeriiGajewski]

Does anybody know which soldiers (all soldiers or just some of them selectively) of 2 Polish corps was awarded by odznaka 2 Korpusu Polskiego?

Is it possible to get information about list of awwards from Ministery of Defense? Thanks

Regards, Valerii

[andrzejku98]

Hello Valerie,

The 2nd Corps Badge was awarded to around 110,000 and unfortunately no list of Recipients remains, I asked the Archivist of the Sikorski Museum in London this very question over 25 years ago, if they where recorded they may be found in the Regimental Chronicles if they decided to list them.

With regards to the Medals the September 1939 Cross and the Polish Forces Cross where both established by the Government in Exile and no doubt when the IIIRP was established in 1990 they where handed back to the Polish Government in Warsaw.

But to which Government Department you should contact I do not know.

With regards to the September 1939 Medal this was established by the Polish Peoples Republic.

No doubt a Forum member will chip in their knowledge.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

The following has just be put on Ebay :





Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 16726, when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Strz.

Surname : Szynkowski

Christian Name : Edward

Date of Birth : 20th May 1919

Army Number : 1919-379-III

Unit : 14BS, 5KDP



Edward Szynkowski in the September 1939 Campaign and after.

He survived the war in Europe and after came to the UK with his Battalion and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps settled down to civilian life in the UK, in 1956 he married Rhoda L Clark in Leighton Buzzard in Oxfordshire.

Edward Szynkowski died on the 1st January 1997 in Witney, Oxfordshire, (Register Number : B44D, District, Sub District Number : 7021B, Entry Number : 108.

Best wishes

Andrzej

p.s. the Link to the web page is below, just click on it :

WWII Polish Army Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross | eBay

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

Whilst surfing the WWW yesterday I came across the following which I thought I would share with you all :



Kanonier Edward Henryk Herzbaum



Monte Cassino Cross Legit Numbered : 22925 to Kan. Edward Henryk Herzbaum, 1920-44-III, 5PAPLotn.



Kan. Edward Henryk Herbaum



Self Portrait by Edward Henryk Herzbaum



Caricature of Edward Henryk Herzbaum



Portrait of a fellow soldier stationed at Habbaniya April 1943 by E H Herzbaum



Drawing of a soldier at Habbaniya April 1943 by E H Herzbaum



Monte Cassino by Kan. Edward Henryk Herzbaum



Monte Cassino Cross Numbered 22925 obverse



Monte Cassino Cross Numbered 22925 reverse



AB63 belonging to Kan. Edward Henryk Herzbaum



Kan. Edward Henryk Herzbaum Discharge Certificate



Drawing of a Corpse of a dead german paratrooper at Monte Cassino by E H Herzbaum



Leaving Naples 1946 onboard the SS Marine Raven bound for Glasgow



Polish Soldiers onboard the SS Marine Raven passing Gibraltar 1946



Polish soldiers onboard the SS Marine Raven 1946



Lost Between Worlds the work of Edward Henryk Herzbaum

After the end of the War he studied Architecture at the University of Rome, graduated and came to the UK with his Unit, docked at Glasgow and caught the train down to High Wycombe, and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps he became an Architect, he even designed his Family home.

In 1949 he changed his Names by Deed pole to Edward Henrik Harty and this was followed in 1952 when he applied for British Citizenship, which was granted on the 17th July 1952. This appeared in the London Gazette Dated 12th September 1952, when he was living at 12 Harrington Court, Glendower Place, London S.W.7.

Edward Henryk Herzbaum born on the 6th October 1920 in Vienna died in Woking on the 22nd February 1967 aged 46 from Cancer, a extremely talented Artist and Architect of his time.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

During the Lockdown due to Covid 19, I was recently looking through the National Archives on line and in particular the Metropolitan Police Aliens Records Series during which I found the following Cards.









Porucznik Tadeusz Pawlik, Born 27th December 1914, Army Number : 1914-80-III, Unit : 12PULP, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 1684.

Interesting is the fact that when he died in December 1990 in Hillingdon, his date of Birth was given as 23rd December 1914.

I will have to do further research on this one and will let you know the results.

Now for another set of Records :











St.Ulan.Pchor. Zdzisław Pietruski, Born 22nd December 1919, Army Number : 1919-144-III, Unit : 12PULP, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 9923, by the end of the War in Europe he had been awarded the KW and Promoted to Ppor. then serving in the 7PUL.

After the end of the War he came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed settled down to civilian life, he died in Camden in January 1982.

Best wishes

Andrzej

p.s. click on the photographs to enlarge in a new page.

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

A couple more Alien Records Cards whose owners where awarded the Monte Cassino Cross :









Por. Bolesław Obalek, Born on the 23rd September 1909, Army Number : 1909-81-III, Unit : 7PAPpanc., Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 35005

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed settled down to civilian life in London where in died in Lambeth, in January 1976.











Kanonier Jerzy Lochki, Born 29th June 1907, Army Number : 1907-9-III, Unit : 10PAC, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 34076.

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed settled down to civilian life in a foreign country, where he died in April 1979 in Enfield.

Best wishes

Andrzej

p.s. click on the photographs to enlarge in a new window.

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

A couple more Alien Registration Cards for Recipients of the Monte Cassino Cross :













Kapral Daniel Feilgut, Born 30th December 1905, Army Number : 1905-2-III, Unit : Dtw. Z.i.T. 3DSK, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 4367

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Unit and after being demobbed settled down to Civilian life where he died in January 1990 in Fulham.

















St.Ulan Paweł Chwierala was born on the 25th January 1903, Army Number : 1903-12-III, Unit : 1PUK, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 29777.

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps he settled down to civilian life, where in October 1973 he died in Torbay, Devon.

Best wishes

Andrzej

p.s. click on the photographs to enlarge in a new window.

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

Another Monte Cassino Cross for sale on Ebay :



Monte Cassino Cross obverse



Monte Cassino Cross reverse Numbered : 10960

When awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Szer. (Private)

Surname : Rusak

Christian Name : Witold

Date of Birth : 1904

Army Number : (also found on His ID Tags) : 1904-15-III

Unit : 2 Kompania Sanitarna (2nd Medical Company 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division)

By the end of the war Witold Rusak had been promoted to St.Szer. (Lance Corporal)

I have placed a link to the web page below, just click on the link :

Poland polish Cross of Monte Cassino,original | eBay

Best wishes

Andrzej