Polish freedomfighters and generals

Fischer 339-341 | Michel 380-382 | Scott 341 | Year of issue 1944 | Communist Poland


339	340	341
Romuald Traugutt	Tadeusz Kościuszko	Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Glossary

Romuald Traugutt (1826-1864) was a freedom fighter in the January uprising of 1863.
Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a freedom fighter and warrant-officer in George Washington's army in the American War of Independence.
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755-1818) was a Polish general. He created the Polish legion. A lasting reminder of his legion is Dąbrowski's Mazurka, which later became the national anthem ("Poland has not perished yet").
In Poland, this series of stamps is known as 'Wodzowie'.