 Examples of standard British issue identity disks as issue to Polish soldiers. This set belonged to Tadeusz Wisniweski. It annotates he was in the "AP" Armia Polski born in 1926 and of Roman Catholic faith. |
 This is the paybook for Kazimierz Barut. As you can see from the photo he was very young upon enlistment in the 2nd Corps on Soviet soil. The following documents are very interesting as they represent some extremely early documentation as well as some answers to later awards. |
 This is the earliest document I have ever seen issued to a member of the Polish army while in the USSR. It's basically an early form of ID which details Kazik as a member of the newly formed Polish army. Notice the Russian writing. |
 Here we see the interior pages of the identification booklet. Needless to say such paperwork was essential when the Polish army members were still on very unfriendly soil within the USSR. As I have heard from numerous vets and read in many documents, even when the "amnesty" was officially announced, many camp commissars were loathe to release their Polish slave labor. Therefore any official documentation one could provide was worth it's weight in gold. |
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