Two-finger salute

This salute is used by the Polish Armed Forces, other uniformed services in Poland, and, in some countries, the Cub Scouts.

Others state that it came from Polish soldiers in the Congress Kingdom army around 1815 (partitioned Poland).

At that time, the Tsar's Viceroy in Poland, Grand Duke Constantine, said that Poles would salute him with two fingers and use the other two to hold a stone to throw at him.

[2][3] During the Second World War the salute was a subject of some controversy, as most of the Allied officers were unfamiliar with the gesture and saw it as disrespectful.

Polish soldiers serving in the British Army were ordered to use an open palm salute instead.