History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Im trying to start my collection so far i have
-20 years of service pre war medal
-eagle badge over 100 years old
-ww1 adrian fire helmet
-a polish pre war button
sadly thats it but when i go to Poland this year i think im going to buy anything thats pre war stuff.Im looking to kinda make a uniform for my relatives who fought in the war.

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Hey is that yours or did you find that picture on the internet?If its yours keep it in your family its a great piece of history and in that condition i think its worth like 500-1000 dollars!I cant wait till i go to Poland this year ill get some old pictures of my family

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

What do you mean by that?

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Yeah i firgured that but just wanted to make sure.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


Lol your a big asshole the Poles did not use 1911 mauser bayonets

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

I wish my family had more medals my great grandfather founght in the russo-japenses war,ww1,and the polish-soviet war but i only have 1 of his medals with no ring or ribbon its the 20 years service medal

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Yeah i contact him alot because on ebay theres alot of fake Polish medals and badges,But sadly i dont have the money to buy his medals

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Ok thanks Henry
You shouldnt be giving away Polish medals like that they`ll probebly be worth hundreds in 15 years.
Edit:Oh and the picture of your grandfather is great!

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

I agree with Wroclaw my grandfather has a couple of communist time medals but i would never dare to give them away.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Yeah i think your bayonet is the kar 98.
The fist picture scares me and reminds me of a story where germans killed kids for blood to give to there wounded officers and after just threw the kids in a pit =[

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

But i think you should still keep them.
Sory but i just feel like sharing this with everybody i was reading one of the Colonels articles and it turns out that my Great Grandfather Wojcieh Kłos is a recipient of the virtuti militari!But i still need to claryfy if its him

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

=[ its to late to remove but i think nothing will happend,
Those are really beutiful medals.I just realized that my GreatGrand Father was awarded the Virtuti militari and im so proud of him.But the down fall is i just found out that my GreatGrandfather on my mothers side might of been a victim to Katyn.Baterja welcome to the forum the military book record is a great piece of history,Is that all you have?

the e-mail address, above, has been removed.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Wow do you mind sending me those photos to my email you can contact me thru my profile.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Wow thats amazing sjam.
I can only dream of having a big collection,Hopefully when i go to Poland it will come true.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Yes your lucky to have a father like that.Thats a great photo.Henry ill try sending you the bills today.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Wow nice photos!Henry i sent you the bills today in the morning.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Heres a picture of my great grandfathers 20 year service medal he had more but probebly hid them some where during the war,Sorry if the pic is bad i quickly just took a picture of it with my webcam.

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History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Your welcome dont worry about the delay luckly here in Canada i have a mail box right infront of my house.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


It was awarded in 1938 to Polish soldiers for 20 years of service.On the back it says ZA D£UGOLETNIA S£UZBĘ

I dont have the ribbon because the attaching ring was not there when i recived it from my grandfather.

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History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Thank you for the information Henry!

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Yes.He was going to fight for the Battle of Warsaw but got wounded when adavancing to Warsaw.Did anyone in your family fight in the Polish-soviet war?

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


Respect from me to!


Thats to bad but theres a really high chance that someone did.The Polish-sovet war is indeed very little appreciated scince it could of saved Europe from Communism.Thanks for sending the medals Henry!

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

No No No Thank you!
Where did you get your medals done??I would love to get mine done like that!

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Oh i think there might be a framing store where i live.Those medals are truely beutiful.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


I learn something new everyday!!I never knew that Gen.Anders planned on uniting the Polish exiles and Germany and the Poles in the German army.I wish my Great Uncle was still alive so he can tell me something about the Anti-Communist Resistance.There is a book called `Zamoczyna` [not sure about spelling] the second part 1943-1959 tells you alot about anti-communist resistance.

Its by:Zygmunt Klukowski.

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Those are GREAT!

Where do you find these caps??

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


Yup but in Poland the prices arnt that bad in 2007 i went to Poland and bought a pre-war eagle hat badge for 20 zloty.About 2-3 weeks ago i wanted to buy a hat badge off ebay and the bidding went up to $160.How much did you buy those 2 caps for im going to Poland this year and i would like to buy some things for my collection, and if i stumble across one of these i would like to know how much they go around for.


Yup they even fake Warsaw Ghetto arm bands which are being sold as original.

Heres what i dream of owning allegro.pl/item541867859_kurtka_oficerska_wz_36_orginal.html

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


Thanks!


Wow i never knew collar pennons can be worth so much!

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Probebly,On allegro there was a General Bulak cross of valor which went up to 3000 zl

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

I think your talking about someone else,General Bulak was a Polish General in the Polish-Soviet war and he had made a medal for members of his regiment

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