[Second General Congress of Legionnaires, 1923] Registration card for Józef Tekielak. Lviv, August 6, 1923. [2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions]
[Second General Congress of Legionnaires on the anniversary of the departure. Lviv, August 6, 1923....for citizen Józef Tekielak, senior sergeant, who served in the Legions in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Regiment [...]. Program for the 2-day Convention.
Printed sheet, 4 pages. Dimensions (unfolded): 13.7 x 9.7 cm. Stamp of the Association of Former Legionnaires from 1914–1918, Lviv.
The card contains numerous inscriptions (autographs)—presumably by former legionnaires and convention participants.
As Piotr Wróbel writes in the article “Veterans vs. Politicians: The Birth and Early Activities of the Union of Polish Legionnaires, 1918–1925” (p. 97):
“On August 5 and 6, 1923, the second convention of legionnaires took place in Lviv.
The midday Mass was celebrated by Fr. Panaś; Piłsudski, solemnly welcomed by workers, opened the convention at City Hall in the presence of several thousand guests and delivered a speech on the value of a soldier, the traditions of the Polish Army, the legionnaires’ contribution to those traditions, and the difficult postwar financial situation of the legionnaires and former soldiers in general. The atmosphere among the assembled crowd—who were hostile to Witos’s government and were discussing the removal of Piłsudski from an active role in the state—is reflected in the resolutions passed on the second day of the convention. Feeling the need to take joint action in defense of the “oppressed legionnaires,” it was decided to award the soldiers of the Second Brigade the “For Faithful Service” badge. This proposal, which was never implemented, was met with widespread applause, though the Marshal demanded that the badge bear the number of the brigade in which
. The second resolution called on the legionnaires to defend Piłsudski against attacks. The Marshal applauded this resolution and spoke in sharp terms about the situation in Poland and the rampant slander.
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Second Polish Republic, Polish-Bolshevik War] Command of the Regional Military Hospital. Pass for nurse Maria Gornicka. Dated Lviv, September 4, 1920.
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