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Description
Polish Infantryman of the Polish-Soviet War of 1918-1921.

He is sporting a standard wz.1919 uniform, a french adrian helmet in french blue, and a captured mauser rifle from what the units that used to occupy the so called Ober Ost. The this sort of equippment was the Polish standard way into early 1930s before the adoption of a new pattern of uniform and webbing.

The wz.1919 was also the first attempt to unify personal equippment of individual soldiers; prior to this the army used russian, austrian, german, american and french uniforms anything that could be used - was used.

Description
Polish Infantryman of the Polish-Soviet War of 1918-1921.

He is sporting a standard wz.1919 uniform, a french adrian helmet in french blue, and a captured mauser rifle from what the units that used to occupy the so called Ober Ost. The this sort of equippment was the Polish standard way into early 1930s before the adoption of a new pattern of uniform and webbing.

The wz.1919 was also the first attempt to unify personal equippment of individual soldiers; prior to this the army used russian, austrian, german, american and french uniforms anything that could be used - was used.