1st Uhlans Regiment of Polish Legions

Members of the unit were named "Beliniaki", after their original leader Władysław Zygmunt Belina-Prażmowski.

The regiment was created on August 13, 1914, from a squadron composed of 140 soldiers formed by Belina-Prażmowski.

The unit was based on The Seven Lancers of Belina, the vanguard of the march of the First Cadre Company on August 6, 1914.

The cavalry unit was composed of Janusz Głuchowski "Janusz", Antoni Jabłoński "Zdzisław", Zygmunt Karol Karwacki "Stanisław Bończa", Stefan Kulesza "Hanka", Stanisław Skotnicki "Grzmot", and Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński "Kmicic" under Prażmowski's command.

[1] The commanding staff in 1917 r. From this regiment, three further were formed, namely: The medal, designed by corporal Kajetan Stanowicz, was instated on 5 November 1916.

Reconstruction of the Uhlan Regiment of Polish Legions during celebration of Independence Day in Warsaw