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231 East 22nd Street, Suite 23 New York NY 10010
Obverse: Sabre crossed with a baton at the background of an outline of the left profile of Marshal’s head. On the right inscription in a semicircle: JOSEPH PILSUDSKI, below 1867 / 1935
Reverse: Polish Legions’ Eagle over a plaque with inscription: LA FORCE SANS LIBERTÉ / ET JUSTICE N’EST QUE / VIOLENCE ET TYRANNIE / LA JUSTICE ET LA LIBERTÉ / SANS FORCE NE SONT QUE / VERBIAGE ET ENFANTILLAGE / JP. At the sides of the plaque a banner with the Virtuti Militari cross and a pickaxe, inscription at the sides of the eagle: LE DEVOIR DU SOLDAT / EST DE CREER / POUR SA PATRIE – LA FOUDRE QUI LUIT / ET QUAND IL LE FAUT / QUI FRAPPÉ. At the top inscription in a semicircle: HONOR I OJCZYZNA [HONOUR AND HOMELAND]
Author: Serge Ponomarew (1911-1984)
Material: Plaster
Dimensions: dia. 255 mm
Inventory no.: N 475
January 21, 2019