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Czesław Petelenz, photo 1924, Public domain
Źródło: Morze nr 2/1924
Fotografia przedstawiająca Czesław Petelenz
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Czesław Petelenz

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Czesław Petelenz

Pula | Croatia
First name:
Czesław
Last Name:
Petelenz
Date of birth:
01-06-1879
Place of birth:
Sulistrowa
Date of death:
1949
Place od death:
Brighton
Profession:
military / soldier
Grade:
komandor
Honours and awards:
Krzyż Niepodległości, Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Walecznych, Order Narodowy Legii Honorowej
Biography:

Czesław Petelenz (1879-1949), Polish military officer, naval officer of the rank of commander. Also a publicist and sailing activist. One of the founders of the Polish Navy. His name was inscribed on a commemorative plaque at the headquarters of the Naval Command in 2010. In 195 he was appointed president of the Polish Sailing Association. During World War II, he went west to Great Britain, where he died in 1949. He was decorated with the Cross of Independence, the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross of Valour and the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

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Fotografia przedstawiająca Czesław Petelenz
Czesław Petelenz, photo 1924, Public domain

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