During the retreat from Russia, soldiers of the Grande Armée succumbed to an epidemic in 1813. Having died at the hospital of Baszków, they were buried in a mass grave and a cross was planted there.
The original is today kept at the museum of the Zduny commune, while the replica, erected on 22 October 2000, is located on a forest path linking the villages of Konarzew and Baszków (Greater Poland Voivodeship). This cross, 4.5 metres high, bearing a sculpture of the crucified Christ carved in lime wood (the work of Mr Jerzy Zakowicz), is nicknamed the "Napoleonic cross".