WW2 JAN MIERZYCAN POLISH SOVIET BRIGADIR GENERAL SIGNED DOCUMENT JEWISH 1947

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WW2 JAN MIERZYCAN POLISH BRIGADIR GENERAL SIGNED LETTER 1947
This is a recommendation letter hand signed by JAN MIERZYCAN (1910-1950) Brigadier General of the Polish Army and Major General of the Soviet Army.  In this letter JAN MIERZYCAN recommend Major Grylak Pawel (Pinchas) Jewish officer in the polish army, reviewing his military career, the battles he participated during WW2 includes the famous historic Battle of Lenino in October 1943, serves at the Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division, for outstanding combat service for the development and organization of the units of the reborn Polish army.  Awards he received, and his professional abilities. This certificate is in good condition.  Size: 30x22cm.
During WW2, Jan Mierzycan took part in the Soviet-Finnish war as commander of the 13th tank battalion. On February 3, 1940, he was seriously wounded near Vyborg . After recovery, he became the head of the operational department in the staff of the 3rd Armored Division stationed in Ługa. From July to September 1941 he was an assistant to the chief of staff of the 3rd Panzer Division, then the chief of staff of the 229th Rifle Division. From December 1941 a major. From March 1942, the chief of staff of the 105th Armored Brigade, which in October 1942 was renamed the 8th Guards Armored Brigade. From April 1942, he was a lieutenant colonel. From January to May 1943, he was the deputy commander of the 8th Guards Tank Brigade. From July 14 to August 9, 1943 , he commanded the 155 Independent Armored Brigade in the battles over Wołchów . In the Red Army , he was a participant in the fighting near Moscow and Stalingrad , where he was wounded again. In August 1943, at his own request, he was assigned to the Polish Armed Forces in the USSR as a colonel. Organizer and first commander (from September 10, 1943 to October 11, 1944) of the 1st Armored Brigade Heroes of Westerplatte . On March 18, 1944 , he was appointed brigadier general. Commander of the fighting at the Warka-Magnuszew bridgehead in August 1944, in the Battle of Studzianki , where the Brigade repelled the counterattack of German divisions: the 1st Armored and Parachute Division "Hermann Göring" and the 19th and 45th Panzer Grenadier Divisions, and later in the battles for Warsaw's Praga . Since the liberation of the district in September 1944 the commander of her garrison. In October 1944 he became the commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 3rd Polish Army , and after resigning from its formation - chairman of the Liquidation Committee dealing with its disbandment. From December 1944 commander of the Armored and Motorized Forces of the 2nd Polish Army . He commanded them during the forcing of the Nysa Łużycka River , in the battles in Lusatia , including the Battle of Bautzen and in the Prague operation in April-May 1945 . After the return of the 2nd Polish Army to Poland and its disbandment at the end of June 1945, he became the chairman of the Central Committee of Military Settlement based in Poznań. From August 8, 1945 to June 1946, commandant of the Officers' School of Armored Weapons in Modlin . From April to December 1946 , he was the line deputy commander of the Military District No. I in Warsaw . From December 1946 to March 1949, he was the chief inspector of armored weapons of the Polish Army.
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