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2009.17.143 - Decoration of Honor
Bronze-colored Hitler Youth National Trade Competition badge. The badge has the parteiadler holding the Hitler Youth diamond encircled by a gear. Behind the partaiedler is a white enamel circle with the word "Kreissieger" arched above the parteiadler. Underneath the wings is the date 1934.
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.148 - Decoration of Honor
Nazi medallion for "Der Deutschen Mutter" written on front. On back "16 December 1933." For German mothers who had many children.
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.2 - Pin, Clothing
Nuremberg pin with blue and red chipping paint. Shows Scales of Justice and the Nazi parteiadler with a crack across the chest. The eagle is positioned inside a red flame.
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.64 - Armband
In early 1944, Feldjager units were created to help bolster German resistance in the face of the Soviet victories on the Eastern Front. These units consisted of experienced combat soldiers who were tasked with hunting down deserters, arresting insubordinates and looters, and finding troops on the rear lines who were fit for frontline service. This red, cotton armband has the words "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht / -Feldjager-" printed on the center...
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.67 - Armband
Armband signifying that the non-German wearer is in the service of the Security Police. This green, cotton armband has the words "Im Dienste / der / Sicherheitspolizei" (In the service of the Security Police) written in black in the center of the band. The ends of the armband are sewn together.
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.69 - Armband
Armband signifying membership in the Nationalsozialistisches Reichskriegerbund (NS-RKB), the only War Veterans organization permitted under the Nazi Party. This black, wool armband has a black cross on a red shield sewn onto the band with a black swastika in the center of the cross. The ends of the armband are not sewn together.
Record Type: Object
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2009.17.73 - Armband
White concentration camp kapo armband with black stripes on the top and bottom. "Kapo" is written in black in the center with Stars of David on each side. On the back of the armband is a faded stamp reading "KL Lager 1941."
Record Type: Object
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2009.21.1 - Armband
Light gray armband with red letters that read "hilfspolizei" meaning volunteer police.
Record Type: Object
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2009.26.1 - Menorah
Metal menorah with seven branches. Menorah has a circular base with a central stem attached. Central stem ends in a candle holder at top. About halfway up this central piece are three semicircle branches of increasing length, which extend upward and are bisected by the central stem. Each side of these branches also end in candle holders so that there are seven candle holders at the top that are relatively level with each other. Interior two arms ...
Record Type: Object
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2009.33.2 - Armband
A white armband with a blue Star of David in the center. To the right of the star is a black stamp with the death head symbol and the words "Konzentrationslager Oranienburg" around it.
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2009.33.3 - Armband
A white armband with a blue Star of David surrounded by a blue circle. To the right of the star is a black stamp with the death head symbol and the words "Konzentrationslager Oranienburg" around it. On the inside is a badly faded blue stamp with a Star of David and the word "Jude."
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2010.11.1 - Scrip
2 reichmark currency used by inmates in Buchenwald Concentration Camp. On the bill is a repeating background in orange. Written in black at the top: "[SS lightning bolts - Standort-Kantine - Buchenwald." In the center of the bill is a large black 2 with "RM." on either side. Written in black at the bottom: "Wertmarke 70445."
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2010.27.1 - Medal
Lithuanian Life Saving Cross. The medal has a white and red striped ribbon with a red cross outlined in gold. On the back, in the center of the cross is a dove.
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2010.7.53 - Cap, Garrison
Commemorative Rainbow Division garrison cap. This white garrison cap has blue piping, indicating service in the infantry, and a red, yellow, and blue "IOWA" embroidered on one side and the division rainbow on the other. Blue piping is sewn onto the front to spell "42 / Div." There are two pins from the 37th and 39th Rainbow Division reunions and another from the Rainbow vets reunion in 1990. Several other pins decorate the cap including some ...
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2010.7.54 - Cap, Garrison
U.S. Army khaki garrison cap worn with the summer uniform. The scarlet piping indicates Field Artillery branch.
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2011.25.6 - Armband
Red U.S. Army armband with "TPN. CORPS. U.S.A." in yellow lettering. Designates transportation corps.
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2011.25.7 - Armband
Red U.S. Army armband with "R.T.O. U.S.A." in yellow lettering. Designates Railway Traffic Officer.
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2011.8.1 - Map
Four operational maps showing the 42nd Infantry Division's advance from the Hardt Mountains beginning March 15, 1945 to Austria on May 8, 1945.
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