Poland Banknotes 100 Zloty banknote 1934 Prince Jozef Poniatowski
Bank of Poland - Bank Polski
Obverse: Portrait of Prince Jozef Poniatowski (1763 – 1813) was a Polish patriot and military hero, general, minister of war and army chief, who became the Marshal of the French Empire.
Reverse: In the center a oak tree - symbol of power and longevity, and two allegorical figures of Hermes and Fortune.
Watermark: Portrait of Queen Jadwiga, bottom 100 ZŁ.
Signatures:
President of the Bank Polski - Władysław Wróblewski.
General Director - Władysław Mieczkowski.
Treasurer - Stanisław Orczykowski.
Author: Józef Mehoffer (1869 - 1946), engraved by Professor Eugene Gaspe.
Printer: PWPW - Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A. (Polish Security Printing Works, Warsaw, Poland)
Date of Issue: June 2, 1932.
Dimension: 119 x 85 - 175 x 98 mm.
In circulation: from September 15, 1934 to January 31, 1940
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Prince Jozef Antoni Poniatowski
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (7 May 1763 – October 19, 1813) was a Polish patriot and military hero, general, minister of war and army chief, who became the Marshal of the French Empire.
Initially an officer in the Austrian army, Poniatowski was transferred to the Polish army in 1789 at the request of his uncle, King Stanisław II August Poniatowski of Poland. He distinguished himself against the Russians in 1792 and took part in Tadeusz Kościuszko’s anti-Russian revolt in 1794. Poniatowski retired in 1795, after the Third Partition of Poland, but he was named commander in chief of the Duchy of Warsaw by Napoleon in 1807. He led a Polish corps in Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812 and during the Battle of Leipzig (Oct. 16–19, 1813) was made a marshal of France. On the last day of the battle the wounded marshal died in an attempt to cross the Elster River on horseback.