2nd Brigade, Polish Legions

Dandárja), also known as the Iron (Żelazna, Eisen, Vas) or Carpathian (Karpacka, Karpaten, Kárpát) Brigade, a unit of Austro-Hungarian Army, manned by Austrian Poles, part of the Polish Legions in World War I, that existed from 1914 or 1915 till 1918.

[1] The unit was formed in mid-December 1914 (or March 1915, sources vary), as part of the Polish Legions in World War I.

The Brigade was first commanded by an Austrian officer, Ferdynand Küttner, and from 14 July 1916 by a Polish officer, Józef Haller de Hallenburg.

It eventually formed the bulk of the Polish Auxiliary Corps (although several sources indicated it remained a distinct unit, under the name of the Second Brigade, till March 1918).

It was the only First World War Polish formation that fought against all three partitioners of Poland (Austria, Germany and Russia).