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Roman Catholic | Poland

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Powtarzano na Mazowszu, że „jako tchórz cuchnie, tak Krzyżak łże".

- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Krzyżacy.

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Somewhere in eastern Poland.

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Equestrian portrait of Sigismund III Vasa.

From: Daniel Meissner, Thesaurus Philopoliticus, published by Eberhard Kieser, Frankfurt am Main, 1621–1637.

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17th century Hungarian-style jeweled saber

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Type: karabela-style saber with scabbard and carrying belt

Overall length: 95.2 cm (37 1/2 in)

Blade length: 80 cm (31 1/2 in)

Origin: Poland, early 17th century

Blade maker / Goldsmith: stamped with what may be the mark of Georg Hoffmann (Breslau/Wrocław, 1596–1609)

Material: steel, gold, silver, leather, wood, textile, semiprecious stones

Technique: forging, gilding, goldsmith work, silver mounting, engraving, jeweled decoration, textile covering, leatherwork

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Uroczystość Bożego Ciała w Złakowie Kościelnym (1937-1938).

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hello May

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Captain of a pancerni cavalry banner - Feliks Sypniewski.

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Young Man with a Skull by Frans Hals, 1626-1628.

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The Bug river, Poland.

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Beaver supermoon, rising over the fields, lighting the way for the geese.

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Puer natus est nobis

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Source: Marike Laht photo

ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ - old windmill in Estonia

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“Knight Study” Grzegorz Rutkowski 2017

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Somewhere in eastern Poland.