II RP, set after the commander of the 1st company of the 57th Infantry Regiment. Set containing:
1) Badge of the 1st Division of the Greater Poland Riflemen made in the factory of J. Knedler. Tombak, dimensions 54x21mm. Signed cap, correct.
2) Legitimation for the badge of the 1st Division of Greater Poland Riflemen, 1928.
3) Commemorative cigarette box with dedication, 1930. Silver, dimensions 10 x 8.5 x 0.7cm.
4) Two photo albums small and large. Individual album pages visible in the attached photos.
5) Loose photographs, mostly portraits, postcard size pcs. 7
Interesting large set after a Polish Army officer, Virtuti Militari cavalier and victim of the Katyn massacre.
Ludwik Figlus (born July 1, 1889 in Jasny Pole, died in the spring of 1940 in Kharkiv) - infantry captain of the Polish Army, Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari, victim of the Katyn massacre.
Biography. Son of Jan and Maria née Chmielarz.
Served in the German army from 1911 to 1913. Mobilized on August 1, 1914, he was sent to the Western Front. Twice wounded and poisoned by war gases, he was treated in a hospital near Berlin.
In 1919 he volunteered for the Polish Army and was sent to the Wielkopolska Infantry Officer Cadet School No. 2 in Biedrusk, after completing which he became a company commander in the 57th Wielkopolska Infantry Regiment. With the regiment he participated in the Polish-Bolshevik war. On May 20, 1920, at the head of the company he commanded during the battle of Boguszewice, he seized the town, captured a large amount of military equipment and dozens of prisoners of war. For this deed he was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari.
After the end of hostilities, he remained with his parent regiment until 1925.
Ludwik Figlus was appointed lieutenant with seniority as of June 1, 1919. On July 1, 1923, he was promoted to the rank of captain. In 1925 he was assigned to the 15th battalion of the KOP for a year. He then returned to his regiment, where he served until 1935, when he was retired.
During mobilization in 1939, he returned to active duty. After the USSR's aggression against Poland, under unknown circumstances, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and incarcerated in the Starobelsk camp[2]. In the spring of 1940, he was murdered by NKVD officers in Kharkiv and buried secretly in an unnamed mass grave in Pyatichatky, where the Kharkiv Cemetery for Victims of Totalitarianism has been officially located since June 17, 2000. He is listed on the NKVD's Starobelsk List, under item 3467.
