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In 1996, a group of former soldiers of the division funded and placed a tombstone on the grave of a sapper known as "Karaban". On the black granite slab with the emblem of the 1st Polish Armoured Division there are inscriptions informing about the military rank, nickname, surname, first name, date of birth and death and affiliation with the 11th Company of Sappers. This is the only stone with such an emblem on the graves of fallen or deceased members of the tactical union in Germany.

The data in the left column comes from Polish and English archival materials, in the right column – it was written down from the tombstone:

Sapper

KARABAN

STANISŁAW

* 1915

† 19.10.1945

11 Sapper Company 

MAKOWSKI STANISŁAW a.k.a. "Karaban" Sapper

10th Sapper Company

* 10.10.1915 Schwerin

† 19.4.1945 from wounds sustained at Dörpen

R-C. Serv. Number1915/535/I-43302