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Documentation relating to the award for bravery at Monte Cassino that was granted to Zdzisław Lapot for his actions at the battle.
Ribbon bar detailing, l-r, unknown, Monte Cassino, Military Cross, Cross of the Deported to Siberia (granted to To the…

After several months spent in Port Said, February 1944 saw the Polish II Corps being transferred by sea to Taranto, Italy.

The Polish II Corps were transferred from Palestine to Egypt in late 1943.

Alien documentation belonging to Zdzislaw upon arriving in Manchester.

Handwritten in Antonina's script on the reverse of the photo:(trans from Polish)

Irak, Kanakin

Look at my scoundrels!

Stefa, Jadzia, Tosia

(Tosia was a pet name many referred to Antonina by).

Roma, Itali, 1945, May

is inscribed on the reverse of the photo in Antonina's script,

Antonina and Zdzisław outside St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

In Antonina's writing on the reverse

Pahleni 42, Jadzia - Tosia

(Antonina, second from the right)

After the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (August–September 1941), Stalin agreed on 18 March 1942 to evacuate part of the Polish formation as a…