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| Maurice Gamelin, Edward Rydz-Smigly, and Waclaw Stachiewicz, circa mid-1930s | Maurice Gamelin and Edward Rydz-Smigly, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1936 |
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| Rydz-Smigly receiving the title of Marshal of Poland from Ignacy Moscicki, Warsaw, Poland, 10 Nov 1936 | Joachim von Ribbentrop, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, and Ignacy Mościcki, Warsaw, Poland, early 1939 |
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| Edward Rydz-Smigly, Janusz Gluchowski, and Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski inspecting Polish troops, 19 Apr 1939; note Browning wz. 1928 automatic rifle in foreground |
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