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September 2, 1983
(Katowice)
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Memorial Honoring Scouts Killed During World War II, 1939-1945
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1 Postal Card
++Color : red, white, grn, blk, and ol, on white card
++Qty Issued: 212,000
++Designer: R. Dudzicki
++Designer of the medal: Z. Brachmanski
++Printer: P.W.P.W.
++Process: offset
++Paper Size: 145mm x 103mm (F9)
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• Indicium has a Scout emblem with one arm of trefoil saluting, an emblem taken from monument.
• The card commemirates the unveiling of a monument erected at a site where during the German invasion in September 1939, a group of boy and girl Scouts were defending a parachute jump tower. Most of the Scout defenders were executed after the tower was overrun by the Germans. The site is in Katowice, the capital of Silesia.
• The ilustration of the round medal shows the monument.
• Undersize card of 142mm x 98mm is known
• Minor size variations of the card are known
• Card cancelled with an earlier Warsaw August 4th pictorial cancel (also used for the Scout adhesive stamp) are known
• Card cancelled with an earlier Elblag August 4th pictorial cancel are known
• Katowice, September 4, 1983 pictorial cancel is known, the day the monument was dedicated, incorporating the medal design also on the postal card.
