The expanation
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Portion of a patch of the 3 Carpathian Rifle Division, II Corps, Polish Army. The Division is sometimes referred to as the 3 Carpathian Infantry Division (Polish: 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich or 3 DSK.)
Image 2
Portion of a photograph showing security barracks, Tweesdmuir Camp.
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Portion of a patch of the 2 Warsaw Armoured Division, II Corps, Polish Army. The Division is sometimes referred to as 2 Warsaw Armoured Brigade. (Polish: 2 Warszawska Dywizja Pancerna.) The Division was formed on 7 June 1945.
Image 4
Brass door knob from a barracks door at Tweedsmuir Camp.
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Portion of a patch signifying the 14 Greater Poland Amoured Brigade, II Corps, Polish Army. (Polish: 14 Wielkopolaska Brygada Pancerna.)
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The Bronze Cross of Merit with Swords medal. (Polish: Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami.) The medal was established by the Polish Government abroad on 19 October 1942. It was awarded for deeds of bravery and valour not connected with direct combat, or for action in perilous circumstances.
Ribbon: Maroon with two sky blue stripes along the edges.
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Badge worn on the front of the tam-o'-shanter by the Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment). The primrose hackle was bestowed on the Lorne Scots for custodianship by the Lancashire Fusiliers who had been amalgamated into a larger unit in the 1960s.
A detachment of the Lorne Scots acted as adminstrators of Tweedsmuir Camp from 10 December 1941 to 22 February 1947.
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Patch of the 5 Borderlands Infantry Division, II Corps, Polish Army. It is usually referred to as 5 Kresowa Infantry Division. (Polish: 5 Kresowa Dywizja Piechoty.)
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Portion of the Tweedsmuir Camp Exhibition logo. The exhibition will be sited at the Rural Life Centre in Surrey, England.
Image 10
Patch of the 22 Artillery Supply Company, II Corps, Polish Army. (Polish: 22 Kompania Zaopatrywania Artylerii). The image is that of Wojtek, the "soldier bear" who was adopted by the Polish II Corps in Persia in 1942, and formally enlisted into the Polish Army as a private.
It is alleged that the bear took part in the Battle for Monte Cassino where he helped to carry ammunition. He enjoyed a cigarette and a cool bottle of beer.
Wojtek died in Edinburgh Zoo on 2 December 1963.
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Portion of a Letter of Transit (or pass) issued by the NKVD to a Polish soldier in 1942, granting permission for evacuation to the Middle East with the Polish II Corps.
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Portion of a 1952 photograph showing a Polish land girl from Tweedsmuir Camp working on FA Secrett's farm in Milford, Surrey, England.
