Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna

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Motto as seen on a Polish military standard.
Motto as seen on a Polish military standard.
Motto as seen on a decorative szabla.
Motto as seen on a decorative szabla.

God, Honor, Fatherland (Polish: Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna1) is one of the unofficial mottos of Poland.

The phrase originated around 16th or 17th century in Poland, and is commonly associated with Polish patriotism. It appeared on Polish military standards in the Second Polish Republic in 1919 and is the most common phrase on currently issued military standards in Poland.

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