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After the year 1990 in the Polish Armed Forces started the process of inheritance of the military traditions encompassing thousand years old history of the Polish Army. It was a grassroots process with great commitment from the military professionals in the army units, supported by the action of the specialized institutions of the Ministry of National Defence aimed at persuading this idea to the veteran associations or family members of the commanders, who were to become patrons of particular army formations. Efforts were made to assign the heritage to the formation of the same number and service profile. From 1946 in the Army didn’t exist the cavalry units, therefore the Department of Defence took actions so as to particular motorized regiments, later brigades and divisional reconnaissance battalions, assumed the traditions of this branch of service, so merited in the history of the Polish military. On the map of Western Pomerania particular position occupied at that time the garrison in Stargard Szczeciński, where were stationed units belonging to two different mechanized divisions. The article describes the process of tradition inheritance by the 6th Armoured Cavalry Brigade of the 12th Mechanized Division and the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion of the 2nd Mechanized Division, with addition of the phaleristic analysis.