A HAPPY expression of the deep and heartfelt love the Polish people have for the immortal figure of Tadeusz Kosciuszko [...] the relentless fencer of the struggle for the political and social liberation of the working people's masses, became the cast bronze statue of him [...] erected in 1921 on the historic walls of the Wawel Royal Castle [...]. And here today [...] in its former place, on the Wawel bastion stands again in the revived fullness of its beauty and symbolic meaning the monument to Tadeusz Kosciuszko [...]. Cracow, September 9, 1960 [Subp.] Zbigniew Skolicki, M.A., Chairman of the Presidium of the National Council in Cracow [and 4 other persons].
Single-sided print on ark. 73.8x52 cm. Print in dark blue. Souvenir of the unveiling of the Kosciuszko monument on the initiative of the friendly city of Dresden. "Unveiled today at Wawel [...] the monument [...] will become for centuries to come a symbol of the triumph of historical justice and the indomitable will to win [...], which with indestructible bonds will unite nations moving towards the final victory of peace and socialism". Folding marks, minor scuffs.
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