1st World War: The Patriotic Eagle—God Save Poland
A World War I-era badge depicting a Polish eagle with a crown and outstretched wings, with a pair of crossed sabers behind it. Beneath its talons is a ribbon bearing the inscription “God Save Poland.”
This type of eagle is mentioned in Tomasz Zawistowski’s book *Polish Eagle Cap Badges, 1900–1917* on pages 162–164. The eagle was likely produced around 1916 in Poland and was widely distributed.
This type of eagle was used by the Polish Legions serving under the Austrian Army during World War I, by Polish soldiers during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919–1921, and by civilians as a symbol of the Polish struggle for independence.
Dimensions: 39.5 mm x 35 mm.
A World War I-era badge depicting a Polish eagle with a crown and outstretched wings, with a pair of crossed sabers behind it. Beneath its talons is a ribbon bearing the inscription “God Save Poland.”
This type of eagle is mentioned in Tomasz Zawistowski’s book *Polish Eagle Cap Badges, 1900–1917* on pages 162–164. The eagle was likely produced around 1916 in Poland and was widely distributed.
This type of eagle was used by the Polish Legions serving under the Austrian Army during World War I, by Polish soldiers during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919–1921, and by civilians as a symbol of the Polish struggle for independence.
Dimensions: 39.5 mm x 35 mm.
