Subject : Fw: Polish Army cap eagle badge
Date : Fri, Feb 04 2011 07:32 PM
Dear Mr, Zawadzki,
This is my "virgin" appearance on your forum, which I stumbled into unexpectedly while "googling" for some help on the Internet. Suddenly, voila, a bunch of afficionados, enthusiasts and knowledgeable lovers of, inter alia, Polish military memorabilia! Here is my humble inquiry:
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION A PRE-WAR? POLISH ARMY OFFICER'S EAGLE CAP BADGE - NEW AND (hopefully) COLLECTIBLE! My pictures will be ready tomorrow and I will send them to the forum. After reading the very knowledgeable comments and views of Mr. Zawadzki and others, I concluded that what I have is, most likely, a Polish Army eagle badge made in England for the use of the Polish Army during World War II. It follows the original Polish examples of the land forces' hat
badge made between 1935 – 39. It has oxidized finish but no name of the maker. This type appears to be an officer grade badge that would be on the traditional four cornered military hat, a ''rogatywka,' army garrison cap (I learned it from Mr. Z.' comments, too). The reverse has a two prong attachment (lugs), rather than the original screw-on prototype of the pre-war Skarnicki & Fiszbbein design (again, thank you Mr. Z.).
Its provenance? These badges were brought by the Polish Military Recruiting Mission to Windson, Ontario, Canada, before Pearl Harbor, so, they may have been made earlier in England for the Polish Forces, regrouped again in Great Britain after the September Campaign. The badge is brand new and unused, but, obviously, shows patina of 70 years. With other memorabilia it has been in my family collection since 1943.
Now, I see the knockoffs sold on eBay from Poland of the same thing for $9.99 (asking price). I am reducing my worldly possessions and trying to find people who will appreciate what I did for years as their owner. What would be a fair value of such a badge? Pictures of my badge will come in a day or two, weather and vis major permitting. I am thrilled with the possibility that I may be able to offer it for sale through your forum without paying the usual "haracz" to eBay.
I don't even know, as yet, how to get back on this blog, but this is my "message in a bottle" and you can contact me on my e-mail: witkowskiwoods1@juno.com. Czesc i dziekuje za pomoc (as in "pomoc dajcie mi Rodacy!") Yours, etc., Wallace
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