Witam,

The "personalized awarded" Defence War Medal of 1939, stopped being issued.
Check E-Bay or this site.

http://www.liverpoolmedals.com/Participation-in-War-of-Defence-medal-1939-silver\
.html


----- Original Message -----
From: <stephen.stelmaszuk@...>
To: <Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 2:06 PM
Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] War Medals.


Can anyone help me by pointing me in the right direction to claim my
father's medals.I already have the British ones.Is he due any for the 39
campaign from Poland.I have applied for the Cross of Siberia and have been
denied because dad is dead.I would like also to get his 1st Polish Armoured
Division Cross but so far have hit a wall.
Thanks
Stephen.



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Dear Paul,

Check out:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kresy-Siberia/photos/album/1315157237/pic/17397988\
27/view?picmode=large&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc

Parachute Wings and after a combat jump with a gold wreath.

Regards, Mark Ostrowski

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, AtticusFinch1048@... wrote:
>
> Hi Lenarda
>
> My Grandfather under his Polish medal entitlement it says
>
> Army Medal
> Ordinary Parachute Badge No 1111
> Combat Parachute Badge No 515
>
> Paul
>
> Manchester UK
>
> as well as those from Britain. Does anyone know anything about these
> medals?
>
>
> In a message dated 22/11/2012 21:43:28 GMT Standard Time,
> szymczak01@... writes:
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi group
> A link to Polish War Medals from all wars â€" including  auctions.
>
_http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQFjAB\
&url=ht
> tp%3A%2F%2Fhome.golden.net%2F~medals%2Fpolish.html&ei=2ZquUMC9LMiwiQeqmIHAAw
> &usg=AFQjCNEtY5AXHAEs8yTizNB_5EKEyiznAg&cad=rja_
>
(http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQFjAB\
&url=http://home.golden
> .net/~medals/polish.html&ei=2ZquUMC9LMiwiQeqmIHAAw&usg=AFQjCNEtY5AXHAEs8yTiz
> NB_5EKEyiznAg&cad=rja)
> Regards,
> Lenarda, Australia
>

Wow!!!

Thank you Helina !!!

Have just received my dad's military record from the UK and am now trying to
make some sense of them...

Cheers


Brian

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, "halinamcd" <redcube@...> wrote:
>
> Brian
>
> You may find the following information useful:
>
> List of Polish Evacuees from USSR to Teheran Iran 1942
>
> http://kresy-siberia.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5870
>
> #1348 Belczacka Leokadia 04.03.1929 Krzyzowce, Horochow;
> Teheran
> (Krzyzowce, Podberezie, Horochow, Wolyn)
>
> http://kresy-siberia.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5879
>
> #2371 Belczacka Czeslawa 1931 Zagaje Wolyn; Teheran
> (Zagaje, Podberezie, Horochow, Wolyn)
> #2372 Belczacki Zdzislaw 04.04.1928 Krzyzowce; Teheran
> (Krzyzowce, Podberezie, Horochow, Wolyn)
>
> From the website:
>
> http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/pl/wyniki.jsp
>
> Surname / Name / Father's Name / Birth Year
> Bielczanska / Anna / Michal / 1892
>
> Bielczanska / Czeslawa / Jozef / 1930
>
> Bielczanska / Leokadia / Jozef / 1928
>
> Bielczanski / Czeslaw / Jozef / 1932
>
> Bielczanski / Jozef / Franciszek / 1894
>
> Bielczanski / Mieczyslaw / Jozef / 1924
>
> Bielczanski / Zdzislaw / Jozef / 1925
>
> (Please note that the "n" in Bielczanski /Bielczanska is written with an
accent above it)
>
> The Russian Files (http://lists.memo.ru/) has your family
> listed under the surnames Belchansky and Belchanskaya. From
> the deportation records it appears that your grandmother
> Anna was born in Luszkow, Horodlo gmina, Hrubieszow County,
> Lublin voivodeship and your grandfather Jozef in Gorka
> Lubartowska, Lubartow County, Lublin voivodeship.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Halina (NZ)
>

Re Para medals

On looking up the medal numbers, 1111 was allocated to Lance Sergeant
Podolanski, however the combat badge is given as 512 rather than 515.

Regards
Robert Ostrycharz
Scotland




--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, "LenardaSzymczak" <szymczak01@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I personally have no direct knowledge apart from my father in law, being in
the Polish Parachute Brigade, which flew from England over Germany.  But do
positively advise that one of the blokes, in the group would have more military
knowledge and can perhaps answer your query.  I can only find links and direct
members to sites of interest. Have you looked in KS Virtual Museum for
information about this medal?
>
>
>
> Could one of the members, more knowledgeable in military matters, continue
this thread for Paul, please?
>
>
>
> Thanking you
>
> Lenarda, Australia
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of AtticusFinch1048@...
> Sent: Friday, 23 November, 2012 10:11 AM
> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] POLISH MEDALS AND MILITARIA
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Lenarda
>
>
>
> My Grandfather under his Polish medal entitlement it says
>
>
>
> Army Medal
>
> Ordinary Parachute Badge No 1111
>
> Combat Parachute Badge No 515
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Manchester UK
>
>
>
> as well as those from Britain. Does anyone know anything about these medals?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 22/11/2012 21:43:28 GMT Standard Time, szymczak01@...
writes:
>
>
>
> Hi group
>
> A link to Polish War Medals from all wars â€" including auctions.
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t
<http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQFjAB\
&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.golden.net%2F~medals%2Fpolish.html&ei=2ZquUMC9LMiwiQeqmIH\
AAw&usg=AFQjCNEtY5AXHAEs8yTizNB_5EKEyiznAg&cad=rja>
&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.golden.net%\
2F~medals%2Fpolish.html&ei=2ZquUMC9LMiwiQeqmIHAAw&usg=AFQjCNEtY5AXHAEs8yTizNB_5E\
KEyiznAg&cad=rja
>
> Regards,
>
> Lenarda, Australia
>

I think that of three lists, two are on the Sikorski Institute website
while the third is missing. Here is the first of them:

http://pism.co.uk/Docs/KOL%20138_296.pdf

Very exciting to see those names.

- Dan Ford US

On 11/23/2012 4:45 PM, Krystyna Szypowska wrote:
>
> Hi Julek,
> the list of evacuees is available online at the Sikorski Institute
> website www.pism.co.uk/ <http://www.pism.co.uk/>
> I’m afraid that I cannot locate the exact section at present, but it
> is somewhere in the archives.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> */Krystyna/*
>
> -----
>
> */Krystyna Szypowska - /*Winnipeg, Canada
>
> Executive Director, Kresy-Siberia Foundation - registered in Warsaw
> (KRS 0000326445)
>
> Chair & Exec Director, Kresy-Siberia (Canada) Inc. - Registered
> Charity No. 83341 6407 RR0001
>
> Director, Kresy-Siberia (UK) - Registered Charity No. 1137210
>
> *Kresy-Siberia Virtual Mueum**://**/www.Kresy-Siberia.org/*
> <http://www.Kresy-Siberia.org>*//*
>
> "Established to inspire, promote and support research, remembrance
>
> andrecognition of Polish citizens’ struggles in the Eastern Borderlands
>
> andin Exile during World War II."
>
> *//***
>
> *From:* Julian Plowy <mailto:jayplowy@...>
> I also have the same above problem. I do know how to go direct to the
> Kresy Virtual Museum but the question also was regarding a list of
> Polish refugees in Tehran arriving from Russia/USSR and the answer is
> not given to the exact location or even if such a list exists.
> I understand that we would like to have people spend time in the
> museum but a direct answer to some important questions would be very
> helpful.
> Julek
>
>

To all interested in the following list:

The List of Civilian Polish Evacuees from the USSR to Iran in 1942 can now be
accessed through the Hall of Memories here:

http://kresy-siberia.org/hom/element/evacuation-from-ussr-to-persiairan-in-1942-\
and-later-to-other-places/?lang=en

Click on the second item (top row / second box from left) called – List of
Polish Evacuees from the USSR to Iran in 1942. NB! Civilian Refugees Only!

Kind regards

Halina (NZ)

Here is my review in the Wall Street Journal of these two very different
books about Poland:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578129220634214466.html

- Dan Ford US

Dear Dan,

Enjoyed the review. One small question... which may well spiral out of control...

Am I to infer that Poland was NOT "a class-ridden society of large landowners who oppressed the masses and whose pre-war government had been a dictatorship". The first part... OK, over stating it somewhat... but the dictatorship part? If the sancja regime was not  a dictatorship, what was it?

TIME MAGAZINE: Monday, Oct. 03, 1927
There have been recent signs of the Polish Sejm (Parliament) attempting to oust Dictator Josef Pilsudski.

The Polish political situation is somewhat unusual. The President (pedagogic Professor Ignatz Moscicki) is the impotent puppet of Josef Pilsudski, Premier, Minister of War & Marshal of Poland, who is actually the law. Although he appears in the Sejm on important occasions (such as political crises, when he dons his much-worn military uniform to terrify his opponents), he leaves much governmental business to another puppet: Vice Premier & Minister of Religion & Education, Professor Kazimierz Bartel....

I'm not sure the view of Pilsudski is all down to Stalin.

Regards, Mark

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, Dan Ford <cub06h@...> wrote:
>
> Here is my review in the Wall Street Journal of these two very different
> books about Poland:
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578129220634214466.html
>
> - Dan Ford US
>