
A brief explanation of Polish legitymacja documents; All badges or medals issued by the army to an individual were accompanied by a document authorizing the bearer to wear the referenced decoration. These documents were often made of heavy weight paper, about the thickness of a standard business card. Most soldiers carried these cards in pockets on the rear flap of the 64 Paybook. Front side of legitymacja for Cpl. Biega.
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Interior of same indicating Biega as a member of the 3rd Carpathian Division Machine gun support battalion.
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