[Second Polish Republic] Ministry of Military Affairs. Two identification cards for Captain Tadeusz Puchała of the 5th Regional Medical Depot. 1920s–1930s. [KATYŃ]

[Second Polish Republic] Ministry of Military Affairs. Two identification cards for Captain Tadeusz Puchała of the 5th Regional Medical Depot. 1920s–1930s. [KATYŃ]

Personal ID Card No. 14. Ministry of Military Affairs. Tadeusz Puchała, lieutenant. Home unit: Engineering Corps Officer Corps at the Engineering Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Issued Kraków, January 23, 1928. 8 pp. Height: 12 cm. Original cloth binding. Numerous stamps and annotations. Most pages loose and worn.

Personal ID No. 28/07. Ministry of Military Affairs. Tadeusz Puchała, Captain, Medical Corps. Home unit: Health Service Officer Corps. Issued in Przemyśl on October 28, 1931. Pages loose, incomplete. Cover separate. Original cloth binding.
The ID card contains two signatures and stamps of the Hospital Commander, Colonel Adam Maciąg (1879–1940), a victim of the Katyn massacre.

Adam Andrzej Maciąg (born November 25, 1879, in Kraków; died in the spring of 1940 in Kharkiv)—Colonel and physician in the Polish Army, Doctor of Medicine, victim of the Katyn massacre.

Enclosed is a portrait photograph of Lt. Tadeusz Puchała. “Studio” Photo Studio, Kraków, Floriańska Street. Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm.