[PIŁSUDSKI Józef with Capt. Wacław Scaevola-Wieczorkiewicz. Polish Legions. Ca. 1915/1916]

[PIŁSUDSKI Józef with Capt. Wacław Scaevola-Wieczorkiewicz. Polish Legions. Ca. 1915/1916]
Photograph, 11.5 x 9 cm.

W. Scaevola-Wieczorkiewicz (1890-1969) - brigadier general of the Polish Army. He served in the Legions, took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war in the commander's charekter. Since 1926 he served as commander of the 24th Infantry Division in Yaroslavl. From 1935 until the outbreak of World War II, he was commander of Corps District No. X in Przemyśl. During World War II, he was commander of the stages of the Krakow Army and then the Carpathian Army. After the war, he settled in Switzerland.