POLISH SILVER COIN 5 ZLOTYCH PILSUDSKI XF 1936 POLAND Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 10.50 Time Left - Bid Count 14 Buy It Now Price USD 44.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 Location York, Ontario See more about 'POLISH SILVER COIN 5 ZLOTYCH PILSUDSKI XF 1936 POLAND' Description POLISH SILVER COIN 5 ZLOTYCH 1936 XF POLAND    I combine shipping on multiple items.   General Josef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935), a long-time proponent of the cause of Polish nationalism, led a Polish force which invaded Russia during early August 1914 while favouring an Allied success in the west. Pilsudski, born in Russian Poland, found himself exiled by the Russians to Siberia for five years from 1887 after campaigning on behalf of the Polish nationalist cause.  He nevertheless returned in time at the head of the National Socialist Party and became editor of left-wing newspaper Robotnik. Having formed a military unit he used it to undertake raids upon banks while at the same time murdering members of the Tsarist police force.  In September 1908 Pilsudski and his associates successfully stole some 200,000 roubles from a mail train in Bezdany, which he subsequently used to fund the formation of a fresh revolutionary army. When war in Europe broke out in early August 1914 Pilsudski seized the opportunity to personally lead Polish troops in an invasion of Russia on 6 August in a loose alliance with the Austrians, although he envisaged Polish independence stemming from an Allied victory in the west combined with a Russian defeat in the east. With the Russians subsequently ousted from Eastern Poland by the Germans he accepted a position on the Polish Council of State in November 1916 following Poland's 'liberation' from Russia (a state of affairs declared by Germany and Austria-Hungary). Finding his aims at odds with those of the controlling German authorities Pilsudski tendered his resignation from the Council (and as Minister of War) in March 1917 and was arrested by German forces in July following his repudiation of the German Warsaw Governor Hans von Beseler, and imprisoned until the armistice of November 1918. Thereafter re-entering political affairs Pilsudski governed Poland for a while as an effective dictator prior to his formal election in February 1919 as its Chief of State; he was also made a Marshal. The following year, 1920, Pilsudski fought against Russian Bolsheviks in the Russo-Polish War and succeeded in driving the latter from Poland following an engagement at the Vistula. Retiring in 1923 Pilsudski re-emerged three years later and led a coup d'etat, securing renewed power until his death in 1935. Good Luck! Renata   Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!