Polish mounted unit.

Polish infantry shortly before the war. They have French gasmask canisters.

Polish infantry.

In September 1939 he was serving in the 62nd Infantry Regiment; decorated with Virtuti Military for destroying 6 German tanks. His other decorations: Bravery on Battlefield Cross and Order of White Eagle (this one 56 years after his death). 
During German occupation in underground forces. 
After ‘liberation’ arrested, tortured, sentenced to 5 death penalties plus 30 years. Executed in 1951. 
