An occasional photograph from 1974. The grave at the Powazki cemetery of Polish Marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly. The photograph shows a tree, next to which an outstretched hand with a Polish flag, on the tree three commemorative plaques are embedded:
1. grave in Powazki - "Far from the avenue of meritorious quarters, lies a field grave under a birch cross, and under the turf - the first resistance hero, on the lists of losses passed by silence with prestige. Among the garlands of school shields, scout lilies, at the bend of history here lies Commander Smigly"
2. "To the Marshal of Poland Edward Rydz-Smigly, on the 60th anniversary of 6.VIII.1914 - 6.VIII.1974 of the formation of the Polish Legions under the command of Jozef Pilsudski, who after 120 years of captivity, in three partitions bravely stepped forward to fight for Polish Independence - Legionaries."
3. Edward Smigly-Rydz, Marshal of Poland, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army in the 1939 September Campaign, soldier of the armed underground under the pseudonym Adam Zawisza, died on 2.XII.1941, having lived 56 years."
f. 8,7 x 13,5cm, soiling on back, otherwise good condition
