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12th Infantry Regiment (
Polish language : 12 Pulk Piechoty, 12 pp ) was an infantry regiment of the
Polish Army . It existed from 1918 until 1939. Garrisoned in
Wadowice , the unit belonged to the
6th Infantry Division from
Kraków .
The regiment celebrated its holiday on August 1, the anniversary of the 1920 Battle Of Leszniow, against the
Red Army . During the 1939
Invasion of Poland , 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
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska , was handed to the unit by General
Stanisław Szeptycki , 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
See also