My grandfather passed away when he was 93 he said he was polish from the Polish-Cossack region. Passed away during Covid. Him and his 5 brothers earned 4 Purple Hearts. I want wear the ring the right way to honor him. Thanks.



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10 comments

  1. We do not use double-headed eagle as a symbol anywhere. This is either Russian or Prussian in origin.

  2. First option looks more natural. But, I don’t know, this two-head eagle looks Russian, not Polish, maybe ask on their sub? Or your grandfather was mason…

  3. If he wore it, I’m afraid he had nothing to do with Poland. For us, the double-headed eagle is a symbol of repression and persecution of Poles. No Pole would wear it out of respect for their roots.

  4. Definately imperial russian eagle. Not many Poles would wear it proudly

    Edit: Someone found the true meaning and its nkt russian, but at the same time Indian people use swastica every day and it would still be a bad idea to wear it in Poland. This comment section only proofes that people might automatically associate your grandpa with tsarist regime. And thats no bueno.

  7. Was there a real Polish-Cossack region? I honestly don’t know about cossacks in poland except during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

    I associate Cossacks with being no more western than western Ukraine.

  9. During partition of Poland, two (out of three) invaders had DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE as their symbol / in their coat-of-arms. In this case (based on your Polish-Cossack region, which may mean current Ukraine) – this most likely is a symbol of Russian Empire (second being Austrian Empire).
    Either way – definitely something that no Polish person would ever wear!

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