Gwiazda Polski
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Gwiazda Polski was a balloon, which, according to the Polish planners, was going to reach the stratosphere, thus beating the 1930s high-altitude world record, established on November 11, 1935 by Alber
Chocholowska Valley in the Tatra Mountains, where the failed takeoff took place
A tablet, dedicated to the mission, located on the wall of a shelter in the Chocholowska Valley
Registered letter to New York franked with a souvenir sheet issued to help raise money for the Gwiazda Polski (Star of Poland) ascent attempt. The sheet is canceled with a special commemorative postmark.
Air and Chemical Defense League was a mass Polish paramilitary organization, founded in 1928 as a result of the merger of the State Air Defense League with the Gas Defense Society. In 1937 it numbered
Gwiazda Polski
…record, established two years earlier by Anderson and Stevens. The idea quickly gained popularity in the whole country. It was sponsored by the national Airborne and Antigas Defence League (Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej), with General Kazimierz Sosnkowski serving as the honorary director. Also, president Ignacy Mościcki was…
League's pinup, with the interbellum logo
Lubliniak, 1925 (photograph Ludwik Hartwig)