CURIOSITY. POLAND. Cast iron medallion with the effigy of TADEUSZ KOSCIUSKO, on the occasion of the centenary of his death, . 14 X 17 mm. BE Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (1746 -1817), was a Polish officer who took part in the American War of Independence and organised the Polish insurrection of 1794, known as "Kościuszko's insurrection", against Russian and Prussian domination.