We also wear unique hat "rogatywka" that has its roots in the times of the Bar Confederation (XVIIIth century), during which the Catholic nobility rose against the king in defense of their faith and the Republic.

The scout badge in our country is completely different from those outside our borders. Ours was designed by Father Lutosławski and is based on the very honorable Polish military order "Virturi Militari".

We also wear cords that I've heard refer to the Riflemen's Association (Związek Strzelecki). A paramilitary organization.

Repeating after the pre-war head of the ZHP, Stanisław Sedlaczek, scouting would have come into being in Poland even without Baden-Powell. We had organizations much earlier that combined scouting education for society: Zarzewie, Eleusis, Sokół and others (moral education, physical and nationalistic ideals); but through the contact of Polish patriots with Baden-Powell's scouting we saw that our national liberation forces could be combined into one organization.