patrząc z ciekawości na różne omegi przypadkiem trafiłem na aukcję kieszonki z ciekawą polską historią. Swoją droga czy to jest kieszonka która trafiła do uk jako sam mechanizm z tarczą i została wsadzona do koperty Brytyjskiego jubilera (historia zna takie przypadki) czy to późniejsza przekładka ?
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Tadeusz Kirk-Strzelecki was born on October 20, 1885 in Kamiensk, he attended the philological gymnasium in Częstochowa, where in 1916 he passed his secondary school leaving examination.
From 1914 he was a soldier of the first brigade of the Polish legions, he was nicknamed 'Kruk'. In May 1915, he was wounded in the battle of Konary, where the Austro-Hungarian army (with the legions led by Jozef Pitsudski) fought against the Russian army. In 1917, he was delegated to the Polish military organisation, where he was active in Ukraine at the third supreme headquarters. From 1918 he served in the Polish army. He was wounded during the Polish Soviet war. He was an officer of division VI, and later of division II of the supreme command. In 1920 he took part in the so-called rebellion of General Lucjan Zeligowski. In 1922, he was verified as a captain with seniority on June one, 1919. In 1921 and 1922 he was awarded the Cross of valor. On May 17, 1922 he was awarded the silver cross of the Virtuti military war order "for his actions in the former POW in the east (KN III)". In 1924 he was an officer in the 27th infantry Regiment in Częstochowa and in the same year transferred to the reserve. 10 years later, with the same rank and seniority, he was an officer in the reserve of the 83rd infantry Regiment in Kobryn. On April 21, 1937, he received the independence Cross "for his work in regaining independence".
During the Second World War he was nicknamed "Director" and "Szczepan". Initially, he was the head of the political department of the main command of the service for Poland's victory. From October 1939, he was the head of division VI-the information and propaganda bureau of the general headquarters of the union armed struggle. In October 1940, he was removed from this function after the intervention of Wladyslaw Sikorsky and replace by Col. diploma Jan Rzepecki. He was also the editor-in-chief of the "Przedwiosnie" magazine belonging to the independent socialist labour party, a member of the Masonic lodge to which general Tokarzewski Introduced him. He belong to the temporary collective delegation established by Colonel Jan Skorobohaty- Jakubowski on July 3, 1940. On September 13, 1940, the provisional delegation was dissolved.
On the night of November 10-11, 1942, he was arrested and imprisoned in Pawiak, and released in December of the same year. The Germans mistakenly mistook him for Coronel Leon Strzelecki. On March 11, 1943, they arrested him again and placed him in Pawiak again, then on April 28, 1943 he was transferred to the German concentration camp in Auschwitz. He was given the camp number 119312. He was employed in the command (working group of prisoners) dealing with expansion of the camp (Zentralbauleitung). From July 9 to October 12, 1944, he worked in an electricians, commando at the Birkenau camp. During his imprisonment in Auschwitz, he was probably protected by the prisoners resistance, thanks to which he was assigned to perform light work, which in the conditions of the camp gave him a better chance of survival. On October 27, 1944, he was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen, where he received a new Number 115835. On May 3, 1945, he was released from the camp by American troops.
American during an evacuation March near Schwerin. He served until 1947 in the British occupation zone of Germany in the guard forces.
After the war, he was active in exile in the Sanacja movement. He participated in the work of the Association of Polish combatants, the Home army club and the Jozef Pilsudski. He died in London on September 1, 1951 at the age of 56.
His wife was Janina Nee Zychowska, he had a daughter Anna and a son, Jerry.