Granite monument from 2003 with a cast head of the general, an eagle and reliefs on his life.
The monument to General Władysław Sikorski in Koszalin was unveiled in 2003, on the 60th anniversary of the general's death. Its designer was Zygmunt Wujek. It originally stood at the junction of Władysława IV and Jana Pawła II streets, but it turned out to have been put up without the required permits, so in July 2004 it was moved to the place where the monument to Gen. Karol Świerczewski had earlier stood.
The monument takes the form of a grey granite column about 5 m high. At the top is the eagle of the Polish Army of 1939, and above the plaque on the front a cast head of the general in a rogatywka cap. The eagle, the head and the four plaques on the sides are of patinated cast iron. Under the head there is an inscription: “General Władysław Sikorski 1881-1943. Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Poland. Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces. He fought and died for our freedom. The community of the city and county of Koszalin 4 July 2003”.
The reliefs refer to the general's life and the fate of his soldiers: the dates 1918, 1920, 1939 and 1943, the names London, Warsaw, Gibraltar, Tuszów, Lwów and Angers, and unit badges, including those of the Independent Podhale Rifle Brigade and the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade.
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