1926 POLISH COUP CAP BADGE THIS RARITY IS A CAP BADGE FROM A LITTLE KNOW COUP THAT HAPPENED IN POLAND AFTER WWI, IT IS JUST UNDER 2 INCHES LONG AND IS 1 1/4 INCHES WIDE, A WHITE METAL , SCREW BACK, SO FOR A HAT OR CAP, FOR THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUP. GO TO GOOGLE OR ANY SEARCH ENGINE. HERE IS WHAT I FOUND..he inter-war period heralded in a new era of Polish politics. Whilst Polish political activists had faced heavy censorship in the decades up until the First World War, the country now found itself trying to establish a new political tradition. For this reason, many exiled Polish activists, such as Ignacy Paderewski (who would later become Prime Minister) returned home to help; a significant number of them then went on to take key positions in the newly formed political and governmental structures. Tragedy struck in 1922 when Gabriel Narutowicz, inaugural holder of the Presidency, was assassinated at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw by painter and right-wing nationalist Eligiusz Niewiadomski.[56] The 1926 May Coup of Józef Piłsudski turned rule of the Second Polish Republic over to the Sanacja movement. By the 1930s Poland had become increasingly authoritarian; a number of 'undesirable' political parties, such as the Polish Communists, had been banned and following Piłsudski's death, the regime, unable to appoint a new leader, began to show its inherent internal weaknesses and unwillingness to cooperate in any way with other political parties. AND VERY COLLECTABLE... . |