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Soviet Aggression against Poland – 17 September 1939

Coin reverse 20 pln Soviet Aggression against Poland – 17 September 1939
Coin obverse 20 pln Soviet Aggression against Poland – 17 September 1939
Subject: no
Face value: 20 pln
Alloy: 925/1000 Ag
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Weight: 28.28 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 12000 pcs
On the edge: “Sowiecka agresja na Polskę – 17 IX 1939 r.” [Soviet Aggression against Poland – 17 September 1939]
Additional: oxidized
Date of issue: 2023-09-05
Issue price: 290 pln
The scene on the reverse is a symbolic representation of the events of 17 September 1939 – a Polish soldier fighting the German aggressor is stabbed in the back by a Red Army soldier.

Designer: Robert Kotowicz
The inscription on the obverse says: “WE WRZEŚNIU 1939 NAPADNIĘCI PRZEZ ARMIE NIEMIECKĄ I BOLSZEWICKĄ – MY POLACY – OFIARĄ KRWI BRONILIŚMY WOLNOŚCI LUDÓW, HONORU I RELIGII [IN SEPTEMBER 1939, ATTACKED BY THE GERMAN AND THE BOLSHEVIK ARMIES, WE THE POLES, PAID IN BLOOD TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLES, HONOUR AND RELIGION]”. The design came from a deep urge to comment on the tragic historical moment on part of the artist who witnessed those events.

Designer: Robert Kotowicz

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Soviet Aggression against Poland – 17 September 1939

In its plan of war against Germany, the Command of the Polish Armed Forces assumed the neutrality of the USSR, thus only token forces were left near the Polish-Soviet border. Therefore, the unprovoked Soviet aggression did not meet organized resistance. Nevertheless, the troops of the Border Protection Corps (BPC) took up the fight. The heroic resistance of the few border outposts delayed the actions of the aggressor.

The defence of Grodno went down in the annals of Polish military history, as did cavalry engagements near Skidel and Kodziowce, where the positions were gallantly defended by the 101st Uhlan Regiment under Major Stanisław Żukowski. For two weeks the Commander of the Border Protection Corps, General Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann, led the ...

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