Commemorative album with photographs from the course of service and private life of Lt. Jan Pokusa from 4....

[WOJSKO Polskie - memorial album of Lieutenant of the 4th Legion Infantry Regiment Jan Pokusa - situational and portrait photographs from 1920-1937] [and] [Album of caricatures of officer cadre of the 4th Legion Infantry Regiment from 1923-1930 by Capt. Marian Kisielewski].
Album contains ca. 330 photographs ca. 12x17 cm, 9x12, 6.5x8.5 cm on cards ca. 20.5x32 cm.
album contains 64 hectographic ink prints (47 in the album + 17 loose) size ca 14,5x11,5 cm, 11x8,5 cm, 13x20 cm
[and] 8 loose ink caricature drawings form. 15.8x21.1 cm.
Photo album: album form. ca. 22x35 cm, pages 40. Individual binding: leather, irregular velour elements glued on the front and back, patterned cloth lining; original case. Stains on the face of the binding, minor abrasions, otherwise very good condition; case slightly rubbed. Photographs pasted double-sided on album pages. Photographs taken by Lieutenant J. Pokusa, regimental photographers, at photographic establishments including Rembrandt, Moderne, St. Sanecki in Kielce, commissioned by the Illustrated Daily Courier concern. Photographs include Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Presidents Stanislaw Wojciechowski and Ignacy Moscicki, dignitaries, generals, bishops, officers of the Polish Army, officer cadre and cadets of the NCO School of the 4th Legion Infantry Regiment; locations of military units, maneuvers, training, NCO schools, parades, regimental holidays, field masses, funerals and other ceremonies; private photos of the album's owner, Lieutenant Jan Pokusa. Several photographs hand-described: "Lieutenant Zieliński rides through the ford across the Czarna Nida River September 1923", "October 1923", " 22 X 36", "School of Officer Cadets Warsaw 20 I- 1920", "School of I/4. p.p. Leg. Suwalki 25/7 21", "Instructor Course dn. 16. II. 31. - 28. II. 31.", "Officer Corps of the 1st Infantry Regiment 1927 - tableau", "10 X 1937", "26 IX 37", "5. IX. 37 - Cracow".
Descriptions of selected photographs:
* Official visit of Estonian Head of State Otto Strandman to Poland at Belvedere with Marshal of Poland Jozef Pilsudski. [8-11 II 1930]. Photograph form. 13x18 cm, commissioned by the IKC. Visible in the shot include: Otto Strandman (6th right), Jozef Pilsudski (5th right), Major Grabba (3rd right), Major Franciszek Sobolta (2nd right), Colonel Jozef Beck (7th right), Colonel Antoni Trzaska-Durski (2nd left), Head of the Eastern Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tadeusz Hołówko (1st left).
* Ceremony attended by President Ignacy Moscicki. Photograph form. 13x18 cm, commissioned by the IKC. Shot shows President Ignacy Moscicki (walking down the stairs), Deputy Prime Minister Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (next to the President), Senate Speaker Aleksander Prystor (behind the President); at the top of the stairs General Stanislaw Wroblewski.
* President Ignacy Moscicki during a ride on a gray apple horse. Photograph form. 11.4x17 cm.
* President Ignacy Moscicki on a motorboat ride during his stay in Ciechocinek. [VI-VII 1932]. Photograph form. 11.2x16.4 cm, commissioned by the IKC. In the shot, in addition to the president, visible are his aide-de-camp Lt. Władysław Krotkiewski, Capt. Jan Huber.
* Polish Marshal Jozef Pilsudski on a walk with his daughters Wanda (right) and Jadwiga. [between 1923 and 1926]. Photograph form. 16.8x11.5 cm, commissioned by the IKC.
* Polish Marshal Józef Piłsudski on a walk. [between 1923 and 1926]. Photograph form. 15.6x11.2 cm, commissioned by the IKC.
* Polish Marshal Jozef Pilsudskiwith his wife Aleksandra and daughters Wanda and Jadwiga on the veranda of their home during their stay in Druskininkai. [not after 1926]. Photograph form. 11.4x13.7 cm, commissioned by the IKC.
* Polish Marshal Jozef Pilsudski with his wife Aleksandra and daughters Wanda and Jadwiga in the living room, during afternoon reading. [Between 1923 and 1926]. Photograph form. 16.4x11.5 cm, commissioned by the IKC.
* King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan with his wife Soraya during an official visit to Poland - portrait photograph. [IV/V 1928]. Photograph form. 16.6x11.3 cm taken on a train.
* King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan during an official visit to Poland in front of the honor squadron of the 26th Cavalry Regiment of Greater Poland. [IV/V 1928]. Photograph form. 11.4x17 cm. Visible in the shot are, among others, the King of Afghanistan in the lead, Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Col. Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski, regimental commander Col. Roman Abraham, deputy regimental commander Maj. Stefan Liszko.
* King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan during his official visit to Poland in front of the honor company of the Polish Army on the train station platform before departing Warsaw. [1 V 1928]. Photograph form. 11.5x6.97 cm, commissioned by the IKC . Visible in the shot are the King of Afghanistan accompanied by President Ignacy Moscicki (left), General Kazimierz Sosnkowski (right behind Ignacy Moscicki) and General Daniel Konarzewski (left behind Ignacy Moscicki), General Leonard Skierski (second from right).
* President Stanislaw Wojciechowski after the dedication ceremony of the headquarters. [1925?]. Photograph form. 8.3x11.5 cm. In the shot visible among others: field bishop Stanislaw Gall.
Album with caricatures: album form. ca. 22x30 cm, pages 15. Binding: pressed linen, spine tied with string. Gilded inscription on the front: "Caricatures" and initial: "M.K." (Capt. Marian Kisielewski adjutant of the regiment). Prints glued double-sided on album pages. Album binding slightly rubbed, prints with local stains, mainly on margins, overall good condition. Caricatures signed with the author's initials, described within the composition with the name of the caricatured person and often with short identifying information or a short limerick. Sequentially - the prints in the album: Brig. Gen. Luczynski, Col. Olbrycht, Gen. Roja, Lt. Col. Jażdżyński, Lt. Col. Grzebień, Lt. Col. Juracki, Lt. Dr. Chotiner, Maj. Dec, Maj. Lopuszanski, Maj. Mazur, Maj. Zubkowski, Lt. Szyfer, Maj. Zelazny, Capt. Przyłuski, Capt. Czechowski, Capt. Wojnar, Lt. Klemens, Capt. Jędruch, Capt. Piotrowski, Capt. Kisielewski, Lt. Witkowski, Lt. Butwiłło, Lt. Pokusa, Capt. Lenda, Ensign Appel, Lt. Pacyga, b. Lt. Sienkiewicz, Lt. Dziewulak, Capt. Ruszar, Capt. Bezdziak, Capt. Ombach, Capt. Hytroś, Insp. Ludwikowski, Capt. Żand. Metzger, Lt. Bochenek, Lt. Ostach, Capt. Kobylinski, Lt. Weisbach, Col. Bold, Maj. Dip. Ruszczyc-Pokorny; bulk prints: st. Sgt. Chechelski, st. Sgt. Markowski, st. Sgt. Matloch, st. Sgt. Roja, st. Sgt. Sarna, st. Sgt. Starzyczny, st. Sgt. Zieliński, st. Sgt. Klimkowski, Lt. kplm. Firek, chor. Appel, chor. Głuszek, chor. Harasymiec, chor. Jania, chor. Matocha, chor. Pawelec, chor. Piatkowski, Maj. Dipl. Ruszczyc-Pokorny; loose ink drawings: unsigned, humorous scenes, with depictions of, among others, Lt. Jan Pokusa while performing his duties in the field of military administration, which may suggest that the author worked in it. Each composition is accompanied by an amusing commentary. Cards with drawings slightly stained and creased, overall good condition. Also included are 6 press clippings with caricatures of generals by Jotes [Jerzy Szwajcer] and reproductions of portrait works of legionaries (6 pieces).
The 4th Legion Infantry Regiment (4 pp Leg.) - an infantry unit of the Polish Army in the years 1918-1939. In the interwar period, the 4th Legion Infantry Regiment was stationed on the territory of Corps District No. X in the garrison of Kielce. It was part of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Legions. Based on the executive order of the Ministry of Military Affairs to the Infantry Department on the introduction of infantry organization on a peacetime basis PS 10-50 of 1930, three types of infantry regiments were introduced in the Polish Army. The 4th infantry regiment was classified as type I infantry regiments (the so-called "normal" ones). Each year it received about 610 recruits. The regiment's personnel was 56 officers and 1,500 non-commissioned officers and privates. In winter it had a senior battalion, a school battalion and a squadron, while in summer it had a senior battalion and two battalions of conscripts. After the new peacetime infantry organization was introduced in 1930, the regiment trained recruits for the Border Protection Corps battalion. In mid-March 1939, two NCOs and 68 privates under the command of Lt. Leon Pajak were sent to the Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte. They were trained cekaem sightseers, as well as mortar and anti-tank cannon operators. (Wikipedia).