ODEZWA! Love of the Fatherland and faith in our future established the Supreme National Committee on August 16, 1914, under whose banner everything Polish is to gather. We are to exert all forces to form the Polish Legions. We want our soldiers uniformed and supplied [...]. We should lay on the altar of the Fatherland the bullion that was a souvenir or an object of superfluity for us [...]. Let the gold that adorns or is a symbol of marriage vows go to the National Treasury [...]. Let the wedding rings flow, let them turn into iron ones with this commemorative [...] date of August 16, 1914 [...]. Cracow, August 16, 1914. published by the Supreme National Committee. People's Printing House in Cracow.
Single-sided print on ark. 32x24 cm. Information about the creation of the NKN and an appeal for participation and generosity in the action of collecting funds for the Legions. At the end, information about the collection point (8 Poselska St. in Cracow) and the possibility of receiving iron rings there in exchange for gold ones. Under the text 43 names of women organizing the action (Anczycowa Władysławowa, Bednarska Tadeuszowa and others). Edge tears, transverse sheet fold. Infrequent.
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