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Wstąp do wojska. Broń Ojczyzny (Join the Army. Defend the Fatherland)

Wstąp do wojska. Broń Ojczyzny (Join the Army. Defend the Fatherland)

A general in a light-grey uniform with decorations, one arm pointing outward, stands over a trench of cheering soldiers beside a battered flag topped by the Polish eagle, above the line 'Join the army, defend the Fatherland'. The officer's scale and decorations, set beside the national eagle, lend the army's authority to the recruiting call.

Date
1920
Period
Interwar
Made by
Polish Army recruitment appeal (sponsor not named on the print); artist Stanisław Sawiczewski
Region
Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Country
Poland
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Military
Regime
Second Polish Republic
Leader
Jozef Pilsudski
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Recruit
Theme
War and the military
Event
Polish Soviet War
Techniques
Transfer
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Wikimedia Commons (scan from Polona, National Library of Poland), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
Public domain (published 1920, before 1931); Commons also lists the scan as CC BY-SA 4.0
Stanisław Sawiczewski (artist), Poland, 1920; scan from Polona (National Library of Poland) via Wikimedia Commons, file page licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

Text on the object

Original (Polish) · read from the image, not independently checked

WSTĄP DO WOJSKA
BROŃ OJCZYZNY

[signature: S. S. 1920]

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

JOIN THE ARMY
DEFEND THE FATHERLAND

[signature: S. S. 1920]

Pencil archive marks at the top right corner are not part of the printed text and are omitted.

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