GENERAL Stanislaw Szeptycki before marching out to take over Silesia 1922.

GENERAL Stanislaw Szeptycki before marching off to take over Silesia 1922.

Situation photograph taken in Krakow on Szpitalna Street showing General Stanislaw Szeptycki between two cars decorated with flowers at the time of his departure for Silesia (the takeover of Upper Silesia by the Polish army took place on June 20, 1922). Dimensions 7 x 10 cm.
Photo glued to a piece of album card. Stanislaw Szeptycki (1867-1950) Count, Major General of the Imperial and Royal Armies, Lieutenant General of the Polish Army, Commander of the Polish Legions, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army and Minister of Military Affairs of the Second Republic. 10548/9