Bóg Honor Ojczyzna. Przywrócenie czy wprowadzenie Boga na sztandary Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie?
God–Honour–Country. Restoration or Introduction of God on the Banners of the Polish Armed Forces in the West?

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the legal order of the Second Republic of Poland (1918-1939). The author finds that the three high-ranking normative acts regulating military banners, the Act of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 1 August 1919, the Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of 13 December 1927, and the Decree of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 November 1937, confirmed the motto of “Honour and Country” as mandatory for military use. It was as late as during WW2 that the President of the Republic of Poland in Exile, Władysław Raczkiewicz, added (not restored) “God” to the banners of the Polish Armed Forces in the West by a decree of 15 October 1943. The new motto, “God, Honour, Country,” returned to the military banners in independent Poland in 1993, which should be regarded as the actual date of its official reinstatement.

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