13 Wileński Batalion Strzelców "Rysiów"

How to check whether your relative served in the 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion „Rysiow” ?

 

How to check whether your relative served in the 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion „Rysiow” ?

Below, a few hints how to check it:
1. The list of soldiers (incomplete):
http://rysie.montecassino.eu/lista-zolnierzy-alfabetyczna
If you possess:
2.  the Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross (serial numbers 15376 to 16136 refer to the 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion „Rysiow”)

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3. the hat badge:

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4. documents:
If any documents survived, please look at the following photographs (information concerning the battalion was highlighted in red):
a) the certificate entitling to wear British decorations:
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b) the personal card:
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c) the award certificate for the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division Commemorative Badge:
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d) the certificate of military service (UK Ministry of Defence):
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e) the excerpt concerning the War Order of Virtuti Militari:
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f) the recording card:
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g) the award certificate for the Cross of Valour:
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h) the one of recording card pages:
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i) the death certificate:
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j) the award certificate for the Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross:
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k) the award certificate for the 2nd Polish Corps Commemorative Badge:
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l) the officers’ pay book:
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m) the excerpt concerning the Cross of Valour:
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n) the military service book issued after a return to Poland:
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o) the award certificate for wound badges:
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p) the excerpt concerning the Army Medal for War 1939-1945:
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