I'd also suggest that spending some more time in the Margravate could be rewarding. The political information in the module is pretty vague, but there is a good bone structure that you can hang some meat on. Figuring out how such a state would actually function, what the motivations of the individual Barons would be, etc. can provide a lot of interesting material.
I personally envisioned the Markgraf as a bit less obviously crazy, but clearly a bit paranoid. Probably not surprising as he is the head of a fragile and nacent state threatened potentially by the Russians, the US Cav Brigade, internal unrest, the merchant league and Krakow. Even if he is a decent guy trying to maintain control he sees a lot of enemies and there. There are a lot of power bases in the Margravate that the PCs could align with. They could back the Markgraf, back a baron, try to undermine the regime, lead a trade or intimidation mission to one of the towns in the trade league, be given a mission to fight encroaching Soviets or sent out to spy on or destabalize Krakow in one way or another.
I would personally think about delaying the discovery of the Madonna until they have had a chance to explore some of these realities and potentially pick sides without such a valuable item. Geographically, Silesia is the most likely place for the players to end up escaping Kalisz if they run straight South avoiding canon opfor placements. Despite the appeal of Krakow it can be a good place to introduce them to the realites of the Twilight world.
Just my thoughts if I had it to do again.
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