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pre-WW2 Polish Portrait Photo of Lieutenant: Defense of Przemyśl Star, Cadet School, and Others badges – Nowogródek Rifle Regiment

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142mm x 88mm

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A postcard-format portrait photo from around 1919-1925 depicting an officer from the Nowogródek Rifle Regiment (later the 80th Infantry Regiment) in the rank of lieutenant, wearing a wz.19 uniform. The uniform prominently displays the following decorations: the Defense of Przemyśl Star, the Infantry Cadet School Badge from Ostrów Mazowiecka, and the Lithuanian-Belarusian Division Badge. Condition as shown in the photos.

On the reverse side, the inscription in Polish reads:  

“W pamięć dla chrzestnej mamy tak dla mnie dobrej i kochanej w pamięci daje jej, Felix Jarzyna (?) ppor dw (dowódca) 3 komp (kompani), Nowogródz (Nowogródzki) p (pułk) Strz (Strzelców).”

 “In memory of my godmother, so good and loving to me, I give this in remembrance, Felix Jarzyna (?) 2nd Lt., commander of the 3rd company, Nowogródek Rifle Regiment.”