The erection of the monument was preceded by discussions about its form and location. Representatives of the highest civil and military authorities were involved in the project. three years after regaining independence.
In Poland, efforts to build the monument began in 1921, i.e. France and Great Britain, where the first graves of the unknown soldier were created in 1920, were followed by other countries.
The idea of commemorating the nameless heroes who died for their homeland was born after World War I in France. The tomb illuminating system consisting of 68 LED lamps and 12 traditional headlights. Eclectic candles (formerly classicistic) in front and back of the monument. On the outer axes of arcades - four large boilers with earth from World War II battlefields (originally 4 candles). Eternal torch at the head (form changed in relation to the pre-war one). Above the tomb a lamp (originally painted fresco with laurel wreath and 2 metal lanterns). The tombstone made of grey polished granite (formerly sandstone). The bars bear the highest military decorations: Virtuti Militari Cross (in the middle), Grunwald Cross and the Cross of Valour. Arcades from the side of the Saxon Garden filled with ornamental bars designed by Henryk Grunwald. On the pillars there are black granite tablets with inscriptions. The tomb is integrated into a three-course fragment of a crippled colonnade of the non-existent classicist Saxon Palace (about 5 m high).
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