15th Poznań Uhlan Regiment
15th Poznań Uhlan Regiment ( pl, 15 Pułk Ułanów Poznańskich; ) – military unit, unit of Polish cavalry, part of Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919), Greater Polands Army, Polish army order of battle in 1939, Polish Army of Second Republic and Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. Regimental colours The Regimental colours were founded by females from the Poznań society ''Ognisko Żołnierza Polskiego''. The regiment received the colours from the hands of Gen. Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki in Poznań on 29 July 1919. Although Colours were irregular to Polish Army military code, the standard was used for all the time of the regiment's existence during the interbellum. During the occupation, the standard was kept in the Visitationist Church in Warsaw. The nuns, after the assassination of Franz Kutschera, cut off the image of the Holy Mother and burned the rest of the standard. The standard was reconstructed, with usage of parts of previous colours in 1960. Currently ...
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