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Extraordinary historical souvenir<\/span><\/h2>

This exhibit is an extraordinary historical souvenir, a unique testament to the events of World War I in the Zamo\u015b\u0107 region. It serves as direct evidence of the Central Powers' occupation of Zamo\u015b\u0107 in the summer of 1915 and the liquidation of the Russian garrison. <\/span><\/p>

The metal originates from the Tsarist bell of the Transfiguration of the Lord Orthodox military church <\/b>(erected in 1911 on the barracks grounds for the 1st Don Cossack Cavalry Division). After the Russians' retreat, the bell was seized by the Germans for raw material requisition and deliberately broken on site. One of the soldiers or officials secured the most decorative fragment with the image of the saint, transforming it into a unique, patriotic war trophy (vaterl\u00e4ndisches Andenken<\/i>). This is evidenced by the engraved declaration of the raw material's origin: \u201cFrom the Tsarist bell of the Don Cossack garrison church. Zamo\u015b\u0107, 27.8.1915\u201d <\/i>.<\/span><\/p>

The bell was most likely made in the Russian Empire \u2013 probably in Moscow (at the renowned P.I. Olovianishnikov foundry \/ formerly Finlandsky or Samgin Brothers).<\/span><\/p>

While most requisitioned bells were irretrievably melted down in foundries for ammunition, this object survived as a unique personal memento. It is one of the few tangible elements of the original furnishings of the Zamo\u015b\u0107 Cossack church, which was completely rebuilt into the Catholic garrison church of St. Michael the Archangel after 1918. Without exaggeration, this item can be described as a museum-grade unique piece. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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History of the church in Zamo\u015b\u0107
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After the withdrawal of Russian troops in 1915 and the end of World War I, the abandoned Transfiguration of the Lord Church became the property of the reborn Polish State. As part of the campaign to reclaim former Tsarist sacred objects, the temple was handed over to the Polish Army and the Roman Catholic Church. In the years 1920\u20131921, the building underwent a radical architectural reconstruction, aiming to completely remove the external features of the Byzantine-Russian style, then perceived as a symbol of the recent dominance of the partitioner. In this process, the characteristic onion domes were dismantled, <\/span> the roof structure was rebuilt, the facade was plastered, and the Orthodox iconostasis was removed from the interior. The temple received a new dedication to St. Michael the Archangel and served throughout the interwar period as a garrison church for the soldiers of the Polish 9th Legions Infantry Regiment stationed in the city. During World War II, the object survived front-line destruction, but during the communist era, it lost its military function and gradually began to deteriorate. During this period, the interior of the church was finally repainted, which led to the covering of unique, original frescoes from the Cossack era. Only in subsequent decades did the building undergo necessary repairs and renovations that adapted it to contemporary liturgical needs. Currently, the former church functions as a Roman Catholic rectoral church on Wojska Polskiego Street, and its simple, classical form almost completely belies its original, monumental appearance from 1911. <\/span><\/p>



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Commemorative fragment of a church bell (so-called Kriegsandenken \/ Grabenschmuck), an irregular bronze shard from the mantle with distinct, sharp edges, typical of a mechanical fracture.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the outer surface of the bronze, a fragment of rich, plastic relief decoration in the Byzantine-Russian style has been preserved. It depicts a distinct bust\/face of a bearded saint wearing a dignified, ceremonial headdress (a bishop’s miter or an Eastern princely crown). The anatomical features of the figure and the details of the vestments indicate the high sculptural artistry of the Tsarist manufacture. Most likely, this is an image of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker or Saint Prince Vladimir. Above the figure’s head, the outline of a decorative frieze (vegetal ornament or cherub’s wings) is visible. <\/span><\/p>\n

A rectangular metal plate with an engraved, German-language inscription in decorative cursive has been attached to the fragment with two rivets:<\/span><\/p>\n

a. d. Zarenglocke <\/i>
\nd. Garnison Kirche Don Kosaken <\/i>
\nZamosc, 27.8.1915<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36019,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[296,488,354],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36018","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-miscellaneous","7":"product_cat-curiosities","8":"product_cat-decorative-arts","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nBell fragment from the garrison church in Zamo\u015b\u0107, bronze, Poland, 1915. - Sybaris<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sybaris.pl\/en\/produkt\/miscellaneous\/curiosities\/bell-fragment-from-the-garrison-church-in-zamosc-bronze-poland-1915\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bell fragment from the garrison church in Zamo\u015b\u0107, bronze, Poland, 1915. - Sybaris\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commemorative fragment of a church bell (so-called Kriegsandenken \/ Grabenschmuck), an irregular bronze shard from the mantle with distinct, sharp edges, typical of a mechanical fracture. 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