Michal Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz (1893-1964) - Lieutenant General of the Polish Armed Forces, one of the founders of the Polish resistance movement, independence activist, freemason, theosophist and clergyman of the Liberal Catholic Church.
He was born in Lviv. From his youth he was associated with the independence and socialist movement, and was a member of the PPS-Revolutionary Faction, the Active Struggle Union and the Riflemen's Association. He participated in World War I as an officer in the Polish Legions. During the oath crisis, he was active in conspiracy as part of the POW, including in Belarus and Russia.
In independent Poland, he commanded the 5th infantry regiment and took part in the Polish-Ukrainian war and the war against the Bolsheviks. He was quickly promoted - already in 1924 he became a brigadier general. He held a number of command posts, including those in Vilna, Grodno, Lviv and Torun. He was one of the youngest generals of the Second Republic, highly regarded by Pilsudski.
In the September 1939 campaign, he commanded an Operational Group within the "Pomerania" Army, and after the defeat he created the first underground armed organization - the Polish Victory Service. Arrested by the NKVD and imprisoned in a gulag, after his release in 1941 he took command of the 6th Division in the Anders Army, later he was, among other things, deputy commander of the Polish Army in the East and commander of the III Polish Corps.
After the war, he remained in exile and was politically and socially active. In the Polish government-in-exile, he was Minister of National Defense and Inspector General of the Armed Forces.
A set with a lot of personal memorabilia of the general. It includes a uniform jacket, a briefcase with gold/gilt appliqué depicting the initials MKT, many documents, a personal typewriter and much more. All encircled by documentation of an earlier collector.
Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.3 cm.
