Poland 10 Zlotych 2009 Polish Underground State - Silver / Proof

The capital of Poland – Warsaw, occupied by Germany, remained the center of underground political life for the Poles. It was here, in September of 1939 that the Polish Victory Service was created, an underground military-political organization led by general Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, pseudonym “Torwid”. The Polish Victory Service was an embryo of subsequently developed Underground Polish State. On November 13, 1939, the prime minister Sikorski created the Union of Armed Struggle. The commander-in-chief was general Kazimierz Sosnkowski. Inside the country, the structures of the Polish Victory Service were transformed into the Union of Armed Struggle. On February 14, 1942, the Union of Armed Struggle was renamed into Home Army (AK) which was subject to the Polish Government in exile. Beginning with June of 1940, the commander-in-chief of the Union of Armed Struggle was Stefan Grot-Rowecki. Following his arrest in June 1943, general Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski became the commander-in-chief of the Home Army. A silver coin commemorating the creation of the Polish Underground State in the fall of 1939 has been released. Obverse: On the left side the image of an eagle established as an emblem of the Republic of Poland. Under the eagle an inscription: 10 ZŁ (PLN 10). Next to the eagle a stylized image of an insurgent armband, a stylized image of the Fighting Poland Emblem with inscriptions: DELEGA-/TURA RZĄDU/NA KRAJ•KWP•/KWC•WACH-/LARZ•AKCJA/V1•V2•/BURZA•/AKCJA OSTRA/BRAMA•WALKA/CYWILNA/BIP•/ŻEGOTA•/KEDYW•/27 WO-/ŁYŃSKA/DYWIZJA PIECHOTY AK•/POWSTANIE WARSZAWSKIE`/44•SZP•ZWZ•AK (GOVERNMENT DELEGA-/TE’S OFFICE/FOR POLAND•DIRECTORATE OF UNDERGROUND RESISTENCE/•DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL RESISTANCE•OPERATION FOLDING FAN/V1•V2•/OPERATION/ TEMPEST •/OPERATION GATE/OF DAWN/CIVIL RESTISTANCE/BUREAU OF INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA•/POLISH COUNCIL TO AID JEWS ”ŻEGOTA” •/DIRECTORATE OF SABOTAGE AND DIVERSION ”KEDYW” •/27TH VOLHYNIA INFANTRY DIVISION OF HOME ARMY•/WARSAW UPRISING/44•POLISH VICTORY SERVICE•UNION OF ARMED STRUGGLE•HOME ARMY) and on the left fluke of the anchor: 19/39, on the right fluke of the anchor: 19/45. At the top a semicircular inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 2009 (REPUBLIC OF POLAND 2009). Under the eagle’s left leg the symbol of the mint: M/W. Reverse: On the left side stylized bust of general Stefan Rowecki. In its background an image of a fragment of the Fighting Poland Emblem. Diagonally stylized image of an insurgent armband with inscriptions: SZP ZWZ AK (abbreviations of POLISH VICTORY SERVICE, UNION OF ARMED STRUGGLE, HOME ARMY) and 1939/1945. Below inscriptions: GEN. DYW. MICHAŁ/KARASZEWICZ-TOKARZEWSKI „TORWID”/GEN. DYW. TADEUSZ KOMOROWSKI „BÓR”/GEN. BRYG. LEOPOLD OKULICKI/”NIEDŹWIADEK” (MAJOR GENERAL MICHAŁ/KARASZEWICZ-TOKARZEWSKI „TORWID”/MAJOR GENERAL TADEUSZ KOMOROWSKI „BÓR”/BARYGADIER GENERAL LEOPOLD OKULICKI/”NIEDŹWIADEK”). In the rim an inscription: GEN. DYW. STEFAN ROWECKI „GROT” POLSKIE PAŃSTWO PODZIEMNE (MAJOR GENERAL STEFAN ROWECKI ”GROT” POLISH UNDERGROUND STATE). Coin designer: Urszula Walerzak