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| WHP - Banners in the battle of Grunwald |
hear! hear !- today's 615 years since Polish Kingdom and allies' gained their great victory over the Teutonic Order and Western European allies in the fields between Stebark and Grunwald, near Olsztyn in Poland.
A short video on the armament and armor of the knight [in Polish]
Another video on the armor and armament of a lightly armed horseman [in Polish], also the non-battlefield parade dress of the well-to-do nobleman or magnate [in Polish]
The Grand Master Urlich von Jungingen - Jaroslaw Struczynski of Gniew Castle in this role - reenactment at Grunwald [in Polish] Among others there is a tale about the horse and needful training of horses for reenactment.
video on the Teutonic knight - arms and armor[in Polish]
This year reenactment of the famous battle took place past weekend, July 11-13, 2025 - here a short video prepared by Gazeta Olsztynska. Here a view from the bleachers. On Facebook you can faind hundreds of photos of this year's reenactment, eg search this photographer Ann Nowakowska.
also,
do recall that in 2023 I translated and reedited this book by Mariusz Moroz from Winged Hussar Publishing LLC - it can be had from Amazon or WHP site.
and do not forged Jan Matejko's opus magnum (and many other paintings of this battle), Henryk Sienkiewicz' fabulous novel, and the fabulous Polish 1960 film -Teutonic Knights.
Pacem Aeternam to all knights, squires and retainers
Valete
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