Polish AirForce Badges Gallery

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Hello,

Looking through the ebay site I recently found a seller who was selling old jewellers envelopes to keep the polish awards safe i.e. Lorioli Fratelli and jozef michrowski ( Nowy Swiat 15). I bought the bunch of envelopes from the ebay seller. Amongst the envelopes was one for Witold Filski. Who had a jewellery stall inside 29 Buckingham Palace Road the shop was called Polish Bookstalls. the phone number on the envelope was Victoria 4679. This shop was only a few metres away from the Rubin Hotel which was the headquarters of General Sikorski in the war and there is a plaque outside the entrance to the hotel to mark the event. I think this proves this gentleman did exist and provide silver Pilots badges for Polish Airmen.

Any comments or thoughts?

Delimata

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I forgot to mention the the address doesn't come out well in the photograph on the envelope but the actual number is 29 Buckingham Palace Road and the shop is now a coffee/tea shop called "Whittards of Chelsea".

Best,

Delimata

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Sorry in my haste I should have said that its close by to the Rubens Hotel.

Delimata

[thorgalll]

Hello,

I would like to share with you my new purchase, it's a polish gapa made by Filski. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any information on this subject anywhere. I would be grateful if any of you could add any information about this badge.

Regards Tomasz

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Congrats Tomasz. Beautiful and rare badge. Some information on Filski in the posts just ahead of yours. Otherwise there's very little other info out there.

Regards,
Tony

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Dear Fellows,

Wanted to share with you my recent acquisition of a Gaunt Badge for the 315 Squadron City of Deblin recently bought from UK auction site.

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Dear Fellows,

Wanted to share with you recent acquisition of a rare Filski Silver Air Gunners badge. I have never seen a air gunner badge made by Filski before. It belonged to Warrant Officer Stanislaw Suczynski. Also with the grouping was his 1945 photograph and tunic medal ribbons.

Warrant Officer Aleksander Stanislaw Suczynski was born in 1919 and appears to have been a pre war member of the Polish Air Force serving as an Air Gunner. Escaping to the UK, he was quickly posted to the newly formed 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF and then posted to 300 (Polish) Squadron as an air gunner. On the night of the 21st March 1941 along with four other crews he would become one of the first Polish airman to bomb Berlin. Continuing operations with 300 Squadron on the night of the 11th July 1941 his Wellington bomber took off for a raid on Koln, his aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and shot down. All the crew survived by bailing out and Suczynski was taken a POW. He was held at Stalag Left 3, Segan and Belaria. Choosing to remain in the UK after the war he settled in Cheshire and died in Tameside in 1979.

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Hello Delimata, congratulations on these very fine additions to your collection. Rare and sought after badges. And to have the provenance supporting the air gunner badge is the icing on the cake! Thank you for sharing

Regards,
Tony