[MILITARY EXLIBRIS] Branch Library of the 73rd Infantry Regiment of Katowice. Pre-1939 [73rd Infantry Regiment].

Ex-library Branch Library of the 73rd Infantry Regiment of Katowice. Pre-1939 [73rd Infantry Regiment].

Cyncotype, paper. Dimensions 8.4 x 6 cm. Tears on the sides.

The 73rd Infantry Regiment (73 pp) - an infantry unit of the Greater Poland Army and the Polish Army in the Second Republic.
Organized on October 2, 1919 as the 1st reserve regiment of the Greater Poland Army from spontaneously formed rifle companies: bukowska, szamotulska, wolsztynska and kościańska. It participated in the Greater Poland Uprising. On January 26, 1920, it was renamed the 155th Wielkopolska Infantry Regiment. It took part in the war against the Bolsheviks. He fought battles over the Auta, Dzisna and near Grodno. Its heaviest battle was fought on July 23, 1920 at Indura.
In March 1921, after the reorganization of the Polish Army, the 155th Infantry Regiment was renamed the 73rd Infantry Regiment, and on June 20, 1922 it was transferred to Upper Silesia. In peacetime it was stationed in Katowice. In the September campaign it fought as part of the 23rd Infantry Division. [wikipedia.pl]