Belarus National Archive, 1999

Dressel coat of arms taken from unspecified documents at the Belarus National Archive, Minsk Belarus (below.)
1999:
Tapestry in wool by Bogdan Dryszel (Generation XXVI, ID 20), a Master Weaver, Mragowa, Poland

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