MORBITZER Wladyslaw, alias "Scythe" (1893-1915), sergeant of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Legions, knight of the Virtutti Militari.

MORBITZER Wladyslaw, alias "Scythe" (1893-1915), sergeant of the 1st Legion Infantry Regiment, Knight of the Virtutti Militari.

The photograph depicts a young man of about 20 years of age, wearing a Legion uniform ("rifleman" type), wearing a maciejówka cap with an eagle, identified from a handwritten note from the era on the back: "Wladyslaw Morbitzer son of Alexander and Adelaide, Legionary, nickname. "Kosa", killed near Jablonkow" . Black and white photograph pasted on cardboard backing. (ca. 1914), dimensions: 15.8 x 10.7 cm.
According to the source (IPN) Wladyslaw Morbitzer "Kosa" was killed in 1915 in the battle of Kuklami in the Volhynia campaign. He belonged to the Morbitzer family associated with the January Uprising, from which Alexander Morbitzer, alias "Kosa" - a participant in the 1863 Uprising - descended (M. Czosnyka, "Tarnów and the insurgents of 1863"). Some stains on the cardboard. Good condition. 10518/3.