Collar badge of the Polish units of Podhale Rifles Converted from jpg uploaded under the same name to the English wiki
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An official pre-war portrait done in order to fulfil his duty as an officer. As such it's PD, but this picture was also published in pre-1994 Poland so PD-PRL is also applicable.
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Summary
Soldiers of the Polish 2nd Podhale Rifles Regiment in full gala dress-suit, Sanok, 1936.
Note, Nazi Germany did not invade Poland until September 1939. The soldiers are not marching past a Nazi swastika as the file name might imply, rather more specifically it is the regiment's signature Highlander's Cross of similar appearance.
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