Diploma of the founder of the sanatorium in Zakopane, 1928

Decorative print, text by Mieczyslaw Opalek, drawing by Michal Rzepecki, beautiful decorative bordure with Zakopane and floral motifs, printed by Artur Goldman in Lvov. Stamp, two handwritten signatures, donor's name inscribed by hand. Dimensions: 43.5 x 34.5 cm. State of preservation: trace of folding in half, creases all over, small tears on the back, minor dampstains

Zaświadczenie złożenia ofiary na budowę gmachu sanatorium nauczycielskiego w Zakopanem, wystawione 8 V 1928 w Warszawie na nazwisko Stanisława Paździorowa. In independent Poland, felled by the saber of a Polish soldier under the command of Jozef Pilsudski, a living monument stood at the foot of the sky-high Tatra Mountains, more durable than the spires: the edifice of the teachers' sanatorium, built at the expense of 38,000 sacrificial workers....