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") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several '' szlachta'' (noble) families under the

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Antoni Edward Odyniec Antoni Edward Odyniec (25 January 1804 – 15 January 1885) was a Polish Romanticism, Polish Romantic-era poet who penned the celebrated "Song of the Filaret Association, Filaretes". Said to be an imitator of his friend Adam Mickiewicz, Odyniec ma ...

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Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army. In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Strz ...

, Inspector General of the Armed Forces of Poland (1893–1982)

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