pre-WW2 Polish wz.19 Eagle Cap Badge – Knedler (Published)

Polish Eagle cap badge used by the Polish Army in the years 1919-1939. Very good condition with the original threaded post and spinner. A scarce private made variant made by Jan Knedler of Warsaw.

A private purchase example, finely made and with a different design from the issued wz.19 Polish eagle cap badges. This exact example has been published in the well known book “Katalog orłów z Kolekcji Ireneusza Banaszkiewicza, Częstochowa 2015”, page 128, photographs 386. The eagle is accompanied with an inventory card from the collection of Ireneusz Banaszkiewicz. 

Badge in the form of a crowned eagle with spread wings sitting on an amazon shield. The head is topped with a closed crown. On the reverse a fixing post. Polish wz.19 Eagle Cap Badges were commonly used by the Polish Army during the Defensive War in September and October 1939.