File:Edward Rydz-Smigly.jpg

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Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Polish commander in chief in 1939.

Polish soldiers salute using two fingers, not the whole hand, thus symbolizing "Honour and Fatherland" or, according to another interpretation, "God and Fatherland". The tradition goes back to Napoleonic times and has never been abolished, not even in the Army of Communist Poland.

Originally uploaded to wikipedia:Image:Smigly rydz.jpg by wikipedia:User:Emax

Public domain This image is in the public domain because according to the non-retrospective copyright law of July 10, 1952, of the People's Republic of Poland, all photographs by Polish photographers published before the law was changed on May 23, 1994 without a clear copyright notice are assumed public domain. This applies worldwide.
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