Capt. Marceli Śniadowski, commanding officer of the 1st Artillery Battalion , 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions - a postcard published in 1915

Prezydent RP Karol Nawrocki nadał pośmiertnie Krzyż Wielki Orderu Zasługi RP śp. sierżantowi sztabowemu Michaelowi Haroldowi Ollisowi, który uratował życie polskiego żołnierza ppor. Karola Cierpicy w 2013 r. W swoim liście skierowanym do uczestników uroczystości przekazania

Polish soldier Lt. Karol Cierpica hugs the parents and honors the life of Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis, who saved his life in Afghanistan ❤️🇺🇸

A group of soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Polish Legions during calmer moments on the front – winter 1914. Bottom left: Ensign Mieczysław Smorawiński, who in independent Poland became the youngest general and was murdered by the NKVD in Katyń in 1940.

Soldiers of the communications unit (Telephonabteilung) of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, Nida river area. 1915

Then and now Austro-Hungarian WW1 war cemetery No. 212 - Bobrowniki Małe, Poland 1 - cemetery still under construction, 1915 2 and 3 - my photos

Zygmunt Rozwadowski (1st Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions) – a legionary machine gun unit in position. World War I postcard

Left: Legionaries – father and son. The renowned painter Wincenty Wodzinowski enlisted in the Polish Legions in 1915, together with his 15-year-old son Andrzej. Right: Platoon leader Andrzej Wodzinowski of the 3rd Brigade of the Polish Legions – a drawing by his father, 1916.

Before smartphones were invented 🙃 Communications section of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, 1914–1915

Austro-Hungarian War Cemetery No. 46 - Konieczna-Beskidek, Poland One of approx. 400 WW1 war cemeteries in Western Galicia. The final resting place of 168 Austro-Hungarian and 135 Russian soldiers. (photos by me)

Polish Legions medical detachment, Congress Poland territory, 1915. The bouquet tied to the officer's saddlebow suggests they are parading past someone (but who?) A WW1 postcard

Officers of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions at a railway station, awaiting transport to the front, 1915 - a WW1 postcard

Zygmunt Rozwadowski (1st Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions) - portrait of an officer of the 1st Uhlans, 1916 (?) A WW1 postcard

Austro-Hungarian war cemetery No. 47 - Konieczna, Poland. One of the 400 Western Galician war cemeteries from WW1. The final resting place of 18 Austro-Hungarian and 108 Russian soldiers, fallen between January and March 1915 (photos by me)

Then and now Austro-Hungarian WW1 war cemetery No. 352 - Marcinkowice, Poland 1 - a WW1 postcard 2 and 3 - my photos

Leopold Gottlieb (5th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Legions) - portrait of Lt. Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki from the Legions' 1st Uhlan Regiment, 1915 - a WW1 postcard Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki was destined to become a brigadier general and was killed in action in Sept 1939

"Weekend really needs to be extended." 🙃 Two officers from the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions catching a breather, Volhynia 1916

Then and now Austro-Hungarian WW1 war cemetery No. 137 - Ciężkowice, Poland 1 and 2 - summer 1917 3 and 4 - my photos

2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions marching through the Volhynian marshes, 1916 (1915?)

2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions - a Legionary feeding a friend. Regiment's encampment in Piaseczna, Volhynia 1916