[Cross of Defense of Lviv, autographed by Cz. Mączyński] Diploma of the Cross of Defense of Lviv for Ignacy Drexler. [Lviv n. d.] Rarity

[Cross of Defense of Lviv, autographed by Cz. Mączyński] Diploma of the Cross of Defense of Lviv for Ignacy Drexler. [Lviv n. d.]

[Inc.:] Diploma of the Cross of Defense of Lviv confers on Ignacy Drexler for bravery and hardships incurred in the battles for the wholeness and independence of the Republic during the siege of Lviv from November 1 to 22, 1918.

Lit. akc. ska. "Atlas" in Lviv. Diploma 1 p. in black and white lithography, filled in by hand, printed on thick paper. Dimensions 49.3 x 32.4 cm. Folding marks. Excessive marignes.

Diploma awarded to Ignacy Drexler (1878-1930), prominent urbanist, professor at Lviv Polytechnic. Document signed by Staff Officer Stanislaw Zagorski and Commander-in-Chief of the W. P. in Lviv, Czeslaw Mączyński. Seal of the Chapter of the Cross of the Defense of Lviv.

Low number of the award - serial number 221; rare.

Czeslaw Mączyński (1881-1935) - Polish teacher, historian, artillery colonel of the Polish Army. Mączyński served as Commander-in-Chief of the defense of Lviv in November 1918, and was a member of the Supreme Command for the Defense of Lviv. He later served in public office as a politician, a member of the Sejm in 1922-1927. He died in 1935 in Lviv, buried in the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lviv.

Cross of Defense of Lviv - a Polish commemorative badge awarded for the defense of the city of Lviv against the Ukrainians on November 1-22, 1918 during the Polish-Ukrainian War.

Ignacy Tadeusz Marian Drexler (1878-1930) - Polish urban planner, professor at Lviv Polytechnic.
He studied at the C. K. IV Gymnasium in Lviv, where he completed the eighth grade in 1897 and passed the matriculation exam. From 1912 to 1918 he was a construction councillor at the magistrate's office of the city of Lviv, at the same time from 1913 to 1925 he worked as a paid associate professor of urban construction at the Lviv Polytechnic, from 1925 as an associate professor (in the academic year 1928/29 he served as dean of the Faculty of Engineering).
He developed a project for the regulation of Lviv, the development of the Lychakiv cemetery, and was co-author of Stefan Bryla's Engineer's Handbook.
He was the brother of Luna Drexler (1882-1933). He was buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv