Ian Sayer Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Can anyone please help to identify any of these three unidentified French military and assisant military attaches to Poland and/or Warsaw during the mid to late 1930s. Any help much appreciated> Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Is there any way you can scan the dedications below the pics in higher resolution? All the info sought is there, it's just a bit small to read cursive signatures at this resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Sayer Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hi Frank Here are enlargements of the three signatures. Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 These officers had terrible hand writing!! The 1st on the left is a "Capitaine de frégate (commander)", his name is either Augier or Augur, I searched what records I could get my hands on but couldn't find him... The other 2 drove nearly drove me mad... Go figure... I searched far and wide for the embassy staff in 1937, I found just about everybody down to the cleaning woman but nothing on these 3 gents. Sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Sayer Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi Frank Well thanks very much for trying. I really appreciate it. The second one looks a bit like Papillon but the third one!! The third one seems to have been a Captain (in the army?) and Assistant Military Attache to Warsaw in 1934. The second one looks like a Naval officer and he may have been the Military Attache in 1934. The first one -Captain of Frigate seems to have been the French Naval Attache to Poland and/or Warsaw in 1937 so perhaps the larger countries like France had army, navy and air force military attaches. Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That's correct, most countries had an attaché for each service. I searched real deep for an officer named "Papillon", no joy... I did however find document ID codes to the French naval archives that contain messages from the capitaine de frégate but have no idea who to contact to have a looksee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Sayer Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 OK FRank. Well thanks very much for trying. Best Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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