Diploma confirming appointment to the first officer rank in the Polish Army. Our offer is a modernized, color version of a pre-war document called officer’s patent, made according to a monochromatic design by Prof. Jan Wojnarski.

Appointment to the rank of officer is part of the military ceremonial, referring to the medieval tradition of knighting – the fitting of a knight. The rank is conferred in Poland by the President of the Republic of Poland at the request of the Minister of National Defense.

. The original old patent was signed by the Minister of Military Affairs and the President of the Republic, and during the lifetime of Jozef Pilsudski it was also signed by the Marshal himself. The text of the pre-war patent was as follows:
At the request of the Minister of Military Affairs, stating that Mr. (Name of officer) has the military preparation and qualities appropriate to the vocation of an officer,

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