Riflemen's Association

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Związek Strzelecki "Strzelec" (Riflemen's Association "Rifleman") was a Polish paramilitary cultural and educational organization created in 1910 in Lwów as a legal front of Związek Walki Czynnej, and revived in Poland in 1991.

An important part of the Association's mission was training young Poles in military skills. Before World War I, the Riflemen's Association provided military training to over 8,000 people, and its trainees subsequently formed an important part of the Polish Legions in World War I.

Prominent members and leaders of the Riflemen's Association included Józef Piłsudski, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Władysław Sikorski, Marian Kukiel, Walery Sławek, Julian Stachiewicz, Aleksander Prystor and Włodzimierz Tetmajer.

The Riflemen's Association was revived in Poland in 1991, after the fall of communism.

Orzel.jpg ZS cap device, old style without crown.

Zslapel.jpg ZS lapel pin in gold color for senior members.

[edit] See also

• Polskie Drużyny Strzeleckie

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 30 April 2006.

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