[ZŁOTOROWICZ] PSZnZ Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division By the Cromwell VIII Tank - Tadeusz Zlotorowicz - Knight of the Virtuti Militari

Photograph of three soldiers of the 1st Armored Division next to a Cromwell VIII tank used by the 10th Horse Rifle Regiment. On the reverse side, the photograph is signed "Tinen, 23.VII.45".
Tadeusz Zlotrowicz was born on August 3, 1918 near Lviv. He took part in the September Campaign in the National Defense Battalion "TURKA" in Turka on the Stryj River. He got across the Hungarian border and then was interned. After making his way to France, he joined the 1st Grenadier Regiment of the Warsaw 1st Grenadier Division, where he served as a machine gunner, wounded twice while breaking out of the German encirclement in the Battle of Desseling, for which he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari in 1975. From 1940 he was in German captivity, in 1942 he and two friends escaped from a POW camp and then made his way through France, Spain, Portugal and Ireland to Great Britain, where he joined the ranks of the 10th Mounted Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division. He traveled the entire combat route from Normandy to Wilhelmshaven, was awarded the Cross of Valor for destroying a "Panther" tank from a distance of 50 meters, and participated in the capture of General Otto Von Elfeld, commander of the 84th Corps. He served as a tank radio operator and next as a tank commander. After the war he completed a course at the merchant gymnasium of the 1st Armored Division and in 1947 returned to the country and settled in Sosnowiec, he was very active in veterans' organizations.
Dimensions: 6cm x 8,5cm.
General condition as in the photos.