Poland - Formation badge 7th Hussars, 2nd Polish Corps WW2

Machine woven white backing , very good condition

€ 40,00
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The badge is a battle honour conferred on the 7th Hussars by the 2nd Polish Corps, commanded by General Wladislaw , after they fought together against the Germans at Ancona and Rimini in Italy in 1944. The badge is referred to as the Syrena or mermaid badge, or the Maid of Warsaw. The image is of a mermaid fighting with sword and shield, the symbol of Warsaw and used as a badge by Polish soldiers. The legend told of the love between Syrena the mermaid and a Polish warrior who was killed by Swedish soldiers. She took up arms against the Swedes in defence of her lover's city. The name Syrena comes from the sirens of Homer's Odyssey, sea maids whose singing was so beautiful that sailors were lured to their doom, and was used as the name of a mermaid in the film Pirates of the Caribbean. Brown 

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