Hello Everyone,
I came across the following ID Tags for sale on Allegro.pl:
ID Tags belonging to Florian Sadka
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Kapral (Corporal)
Surname: Sadka
Christian Name: Florian
Date of Birth: 17th September 1916
Fathers Name: Franciszek
Army Number: 1916-9-III
Unit: 3 Karpacki Batalion Łączności (3rd Carpathian Signals Battalion)
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 12040
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
Also for sale on Allegro though being sold separately are the following Legitymacja:
Monte Cassino Cross Legitymacja obverse
Monte Cassino Cross Legitymacja reverse
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Ulan (Lancer)
Surname: Porochoński
Christian Name: Józef
Date of Birth: 1912
Fathers Name: Jan
Army Number: 1912-133-III
Unit: 15 Pułk Ułanów Poznańskich (15th Lancers Regiment)
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 24162
British Stars Legitymacja obverse
British Stars Legitymacja reverse
15PULP Badge Legitymacja obverse
15PULP Badge Legitymacja reverse
5KDP Badge Legitymacja obverse (Not the usual cover one finds for the Badge)
5KDP Badge Legitymacja reverse
2nd Corps Badge Legitymacja obverse
2nd Corps Badge Legitymacja reverse
click the photographs to open in a new window.
It is a shame to split this group up and if it is it could take a lifetime to get back together, but that is only my opinion
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
I came across the following in the last week whilst surfing the internet:
British Stars Legitymacja obverse awarded to 3KPAPL.
British Stars Legitymacja reverse awarded to Kan. Kazimierz Żeligowski, 3KPAPL.
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Kanonier (Artilleryman)
Surname: Żeligowski
Christian Name: Kazimierz
Date of Birth: 1908
Fathers Name: Walenty
Army Number: 1908-20-III
Unit: 3KPAPL
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 14321
1939 Campaign
He fought in the Polish Army during the September 1939 Campaign being captured by the soviets in Monasterzysko on the 18th September 1939 and re-joined the Polish Army at Tockoje on the 2nd September 1941.
Ulan Zygmunt Wiesław Stachowski
Medals and Badges etc belonging to Ulan Zygmunt Wiesław Stachowski
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Ulan
Surname: Stachowski
Christian Name: Zygmunt Wiesław
Date of Birth: 1925
Army Number: 1925-149-III
Unit: 12PUL
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 11454
He ended the war serving with the 7PUL.
Grave of Władysław Ponimasz
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Bomb. (Lance Corporal-Artillery)
Surname: Ponimasz
Christian Name: Władysław
Date of Birth: 26th April 1909
Army Number: 1909-58-III
Unit: 10PAC
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 34172
By the end of the war in Europe he had been awarded the Cross of Valour, he returned to Poland after the end of the war in Europe and died on the 19th September 1990.
Grave of Hipolit Kostrzewski
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows:
Rank: Strz.
Surname: Kostrzewski
Christian Name: Hipolit
Date of Birth: 17th April 1911
Army Number: 1911-229-III
Unit: 9 Lekka Kompania Sanitarna
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 31277
He survived the war in Europe and returned to Poland where he died on the 8th October 1980
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
I came across the following whilst surfing the internet this last week:
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 27779
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Sierz. (Sergeant)
Surname: Makowski
Christian Name: Władysław
Date of Birth: 1903
Army Number: 1903-74-III
Unit: 15KZaop (15th Transport Company, 5KDP)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 27779
Grave of Wanda M Serwatowska
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross her details were as follows:
Rank: Siostra sal.
Surname: Serwatowska
Chrsitian Name: Wanda Maria Felicja Ignaca
Date of Birth: 9th June 1916
Army Number: 1916-360-III
Unit: 1SW (1st Military Hospital)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 42569
She survived the war and married and emigrated to Canada where she died on the 21st March 1996.
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 33869
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Plut. (Lance Sergeant)
Surname: Chodzko
Christian Name: Adam
Date of Birth: 1908
Army Number: 1908-5-III
Unit: 10 Pułk Artylerii Ciężkiej (10th Medium Artillery Regiment, 2nd Group Artillery)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 33869
The ID Tags also have the same Christian Name and Army Number, only the surname is spelt incorrectly.
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
I came across the following whilst surfing the other day:
Monte Cassino Cross obverse
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 43913
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 43913 close up
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: St.Szer. (Lance Corporal)
Surname: Wilczyński
Christian Name: Józef
Date of Birth: 2nd November 1908
Fathers Name: Stanisław
Army Number: 1908-144-III
Unit: 21 Kompania Transportowa (21st Transport Company)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 43913
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
I came across the following Monte Cassino Cross and Legitymacja whilst surfing today:
Monte Cassino Cross Legitymacja obverse
Monte Cassino Cross and Legitymacja reverse
When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross the recipient's details were as follows:
Rank: Kapral Pchor. (Corporal-Officer Cadet)
Surname: Łojkuć
Christian Name: Eugeniusz
Date of Birth: 1920
Army Number: 1920-13-III
Unit: 5 Kresowy Batalion Łączności (5th Kresowa Signals Battalion)
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 26297
By the time he was awarded the 5th Division's Badge he had been promoted to Plutonowy Pdchor. (Lance Sergeant-Officer Cadet)
5KDP Badge Legitymacja obverse
5KDP Badge Legitymacja Numbered: 4391 awarded to Plut.Pchor. Eugeniusz Łojkuć
The only other information I was able to glean was an entry in the London Gazette dated 16th March 1960
Entry for Eugeniusz Łojkuć being granted British Citizenship
London Gazette Dated: 16th March 1960
Issue Number: 41983
Page Number: 1921
Best wishes
Andrzej
p.s. click on the photographs to enlarge in a new page.
Hello Everyone,
I came across the following this morning whilst surfing and thought that I would post them here:
Monte Cassino Cross obverse
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 38896
Monte Cassino Cross reverse close up of numbering
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: St.Saper (Lance Corporal of Engineers)
Surname: Borowski
Christian Name: Wacław
Date of Birth: 26th May 1911
Fathers Name: Józef
Place of Birth: Wyśmierzyce
Army Number: 1911-233-III
Unit: 10 Baon Saperow Korpusu (10th Engineers Battalion)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 38896
The following Monte Cassino Cross has already been listed when it was for sale on Ebay it is now for sale on Allegro.pl
Monte Cassino Cross obverse
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 3010
Monte Cassino Cross reverse close up of numbering
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Strz. (Rifleman)
Surname: Barteczka
Christian Name: Czesław
Date of Birth: 1922
Army Number: 1922-16-III
Unit: 4BSK
By the end of the war in Europe he had been awarded the Cross of Valour (KW), he came to the UK with his Battalion and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps settled down to civilian life in a foreign land. Czesław Barteczka died in 1967 aged 44 in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
I found the following whilst surfing the internet this morning:
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 39570
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Saper (Engineer)
Surname: Takuszewicz
Christian Name: Michał
Date of Birth: 4th April 1917
Army Number: 1917-28-III
Unit: 10 Baon Saperow Korpusu (10th Engineers Battalion)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered: 39570
He survived the war in Europe being awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit with swords (BKZzM), he came to the UK with his Battalion and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps settled down to life in a foreign land. But by 1949 he had decided to emigrate to Canada, which he did, leaving Southampton on board the MS Aquitania on the 3rd August 1949 bound for Halifax in Nova Scotia.
He settled down to civilian life in Canada and by 1962 was working has a Tailor in Winnipeg, he lived at 321 Beecher Avenue in Winnipeg and died on the 30th April 2012 aged 95, Michał Takuszewicz was buried in the Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg.
I was also able to find a photograph of Michał Takuszewicz wearing his medals
Michał Takuszewicz post war photograph
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
For sale on Allegro.pl the following Monte Cassino Cross:
Monte Cassino Cross obverse
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 31807
Monte Cassino Cross reverse numbered: 31807 close up
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Strz. (Rifleman)
Surname: Szawlis
Christian Name: Jan
Date of Birth: 11th December 1910
Fathers Name: Stanisław
Army Number: 1910-253-III
Unit: 9 Kompania Zaopatrywania (9th Transport Company, 2nd Armoured Brigade)
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 31807
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
Whilst surfing yesterday I came across the following Legitymacja for the Monte Cassino Cross:
Monte Cassino Cross Legitymacja numbered: 733
When awarded the recipients details were as follows:
Rank: Strz. (Rifleman)
Surname: Żarski
Christian Name: Franciszek
Date of Birth: 1st November 1911
Fathers Name: Andrzej
Army Number: 1911-55-III
Unit: KGD2K (Headquarters 2nd Corps)
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered: 733
St.Ulan Franciszek Żarski (post war photograph)
British Stars Legitymacja awarded to St. Ulan Franciszek Żarski
Best wishes
Andrzej
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