Badge of the Cadet Corps No. 1 of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski of Lviv - type III.
It was approved by the Minister of Military Affairs on December 14, 1928.
The author of its design was Cadet Sadowski.
Three-piece badge, twisted with a nut, silver-plated tombak, gilded (JP monogram), enamel. It has what appears to be a remnant of some number [061 or 261] on the reverse, lower shoulder.
Made by Wladyslaw Buszek - Lviv or Adam Nagalski - Warsaw.
Pre-war cap, matched.
42 x 42 mm
Badge with beautiful patina, good plus condition - slight cracking of enamel on the corners of the cross.
The Corps was established in Lobozow (Kraków area) on October 30, 1918, as the Cadet School, which was renamed Cadet Corps No. 1 on July 25, 1919. In 1921 it was dislocated in Lviv. On March 18, 1933, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski agreed to accept the headship of the corps. At that time, the badge element was changed. On the cadet sun, the numeral 1 (corps number) was replaced by the monogram JP (Jozef Pilsudski). The school provided secondary general education with a mathematical and natural science profile, as well as military training based on the program of infantry cadet schools.
Literature: W . B. Moś, W. Soszyński, Polskie Szkolnictwo Wojskowe 1908-1939. badges, emblems, documents, Cracow 2007
