12th Infantry Regiment (

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: 12 Pulk Piechoty, 12 pp) was an infantry regiment of the

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. It existed from 1918 until 1939. Garrisoned in

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, the unit belonged to the

6th Infantry Division 6th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 6th Division (Australia) * 6th Division (Austria) *6th (United Kingdom) Division * Finnish 6th Division (Winter War) *Finnish 6th Division (Continuation War) * 6th Division (Reichswehr) * 6th Divisi ...

from

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. The regiment celebrated its holiday on August 1, the anniversary of the 1920 Battle Of Leszniow, against the

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. During the 1939

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, it belonged to Kraków Army, together with the 6th Infantry Division.

Commandants

* Colonel Jan Mischke (1918–1919), * Captain Franciszek Alter (1919), * Colonel Eugeniusz Stecz (1919), * Major Adam Smialowski (1919), * Colonel Edward Reyman (1919), * Captain Oswald Frank (1919), * Colonel Wandalin Doroszkiewicz (1919 – 10 1920), * Captain Wladyslaw Mielnik (1920), * Major Franciszek Alter (1920–1921), * Colonel Oswald Frank (1921–1927), * Colonel Jozef Cwiertniak (1927–1929), * Colonel Jozef Jaklicz (1929–1932), * Colonel Marian Raczynski (1932–1933), * Colonel Antoni Staich (1933–1935), * Colonel Aleksander Stawarz (1935–1939), * Colonel Marian Strazyc (1939).

Symbols

The flag of the regiment, funded by the residents of Wadowice, Andrychow and

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, was handed to the unit by General

Stanisław Szeptycki Count Stanisław Maria Jan Teofil Szeptycki (3 November 1867 – 9 October 1950) was a Polish count, general and military commander. Biography Born in 1867 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary to the aristocratic Szeptycki family, he was the grandson of ...

, on August 1, 1924. The badge was accepted on 1931. It was in the shape of the shield, with a cross in the middle, and the initials 12 PP.

Sources

* Kazimierz Satora: Opowieści wrześniowych sztandarów. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1990 * Zdzisław Jagiełło: Piechota Wojska Polskiego 1918–1939. Warszawa: Bellona, 2007

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