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Polish

Special

Forces - Operations

GROM

Commando Military Unit

Bronze

Commander Col. Wieslaw Kukula

Challenge Coin

Condition: Used, and in good shape. Please see pictures.

It is 1 7/8 inches in diameter. This coin was made in Gold, Silver and Bronze colors for this JWK Polish GROM unit. The Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów, commonly called JWK and formerly known as 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (1PSK), is one of six special forces units currently operating within Poland's Centrum Operacji Specjalnych - Dowództwo Komponentu Wojsk Specjalnych (COS - DKWS, en. Special Operations Center - Special Forces Component Command). JWK was formed in 1961 and is the oldest Polish special operations unit. The unit is located in Lubliniec, Poland.

Current Organization

JWK is currently operating under the command of Płk. (Col.) Wiesław Kukuła.^[3] The unit operates with a combat structure comparable to that of the Australian 22nd Special Air Service Regiment and is composed of three combat squadrons (with a fourth to be set up by 2016), or combat teams (pl. Zespoł Bojowy); respectively ZB A, ZB B, and ZB C.

Each of these teams carry the traditions of Polish units from World War II.^[4] ZB A inherits its traditions from Batalion Miotła,^[5] while ZB B inherits theirs from the No. 6 Polish Troop of the No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando and ZB C inherits theirs from Batalion Parasol. It should also be noted that the Sub-Command and Security element of the unit also carries traditions from World War II, which are those of Batalion Zośka from the Polish Home Army resistance movement.

The operational structure of the unit is as follows:

Command
- Staff
- Combat Teams ZB A, ZB B, ZB C
- Information and Support Squadron
- Sub-Command and Security

While the actual size of the Regiment has never been publicly acknowledged, it is estimated that the unit currently operates with over 300 personnel.

Along with all other Polish Special Forces units, JWK is currently subordinated to the Centrum Operacji Specjalnych - Dowództwo Komponentu Wojsk Specjalnych (COS-DKWS, en. Special Operations Center - Special Forces Component Command); which itself is subordinated to the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command (pl. Dowódcy Operacyjnemu Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych).^[6]

(REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JW_Komandos%C3%B3w)

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