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On the sign:
KING · JAGIELLO
KING JAGIELLO KING OF POLAND GRAND DUKE OF LITHUANIA 1386–1434 FOUNDER OF A FREE UNION OF THE PEOPLES OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE VICTOR OVER THE TEUTONIC AGGRESSORS AT GRUNWALD JULY 15 1410
The statue in Central Park was photographed by the same photographer that day Click for a larger image
The statue dedicated to King Władysław II Jagiełło, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. In his marriage he united Poland and Lithuania. His victory in 1410 over the Knights of the Teutonic Order, led to the collapse of the Order and the expansion of Poland’s borders. The sculpture by Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostrowski was first placed in the Polish pavilion at the New York World’s Fair in the Flushing Meadows (Queens) Park in 1939, moved to storage during the occupation of Poland during World War II, and placed in its current location in 1986. The statue shows the king holding two cross swords over his head, a sign of unification between Lithuania and Poland.
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