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9 Flandryjski Infantry Battalion of 1 Polish Armoured Division
• 9 Battalion had seen a lot of action in 1944 and 45 and had one of the highest rate of casualties in all the Polish Formations in the West - please see the statistics below
• A beautiful badge made in Germany in 1945 – numbers at the back
• A few years ago the widow after the RIP colonel who was the president of the 9 Flandryjski Association sold c40 remaining / end of the issue badges with numbers 1000+ – it is still possible to purchase a badge from this lot from time to time on the internet
• I really recommend purchasing one, over years of collecting I have seen only one time the ID for this badge
• Please see this incredible statistics
o Killed 219 (inc 10 Officers)
o Wounded 726 (inc 51 Officers)
o Virtuti Militari V – 27
o Cross of Valour – 262
o 1939/45 Star 850
o France and Germany 311
o Regiment took 2560 prisoners
Has anybody got other badges of 1 Polish Armoured Division?
- 10 Dragoons
- 1 and 2 Tank Regiments
- Podhalanski Battalion
- 10 Horses Rifles
- Others
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