Poland Polish Flag AK Anchor Keychain HOME ARMY WW2 WARSAW UPRISING world war 2

Description

COMMORATIVE WW2 Polish "
anchor"
keychain in the colour of the Polish flag
The
Kotwica
(Polish for “Anchor”) was a World War II emblem of the Polish Secret State and
Armia Krajowa
(Home Army, or
AK
). It was created in 1942 by members of the
AK
Wawer “Small Sabotage” unit as an easily-usable emblem for the Polish struggle to regain independence. The “Anchor” is a combination of the letters
PW
, standing for
Polska Walcząca
(“Fighting Poland”).
The
Kotwica
was first painted on walls in Warsaw, as a psychological-warfare tactic against the occupying Germans, by Polish boy scouts on March 20, 1942. On June 27, 1942, a new tradition was born: to commemorate the patron saint’s day of Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz and Commander-in-Chief Władysław Sikorski, members of the
Armia Krajowa
stamped several hundred copies of the German-backed propaganda newspaper “The New Warsaw Courier”, with the
Kotwica
. Initially, only 500 copies were so stamped; the following year, the number reached 7,000.
Dimensions (Anchor without a chain): 43mm x 33mm
Shipping options:
Expedited via UPS
Standard via Polish Post
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