Silver, sample 875, gilt, wood; 7 x 18 x 10 cm
Punctuation: WK; 875
Engraved dedication: To dear Rev. Adam Wyrebinski, colleagues and the Board of Directors of the Gymnasium "Uczelnia" Lodz d. 9/I 1916
Adam Wyrebowski (1882 Warsaw - 1952 Warsaw) Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, first Chief Chaplain of the State Police (1920-27), member of the Polish Parliament of the first term (1922-27), parish priest of St. Catherine Parish in Warsaw in 1928-52. In 1919-1916 he worked as an educator in Lodz. Men's Gymnasium of the Polish Society "Uczelnia" in Lodz was established on the initiative of representatives of the Lodz intelligentsia, who formed in 1906. Guardian Council. The "Uczelnia" Society was registered on 16.05.1907. It obtained the right to open and run an eight-class middle school. In 1919 the school was nationalized and given the name of M. Copernicus State Gymnasium. It was located at 41 Więckowskiego Street.
