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1. Watercolor by a Polish Jewish man of his hiding place under the stove

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Date:: creation: 1943

2. Polish military eagle badge worn by a Polish Jewish solider

Date:: use: approximately 1943-1944 August

3. Polish Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari Silver Cross medal and box awarded posthumously to a Polish Jewish soldier

Date:: commemoration: 1944 August 19
issue: 1944 December 07

4. Defence Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
received: 1948

5. British Army bomb report cover acquired by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

Date:: use: approximately 1942-1946

6. Dog tag identification issued to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: use: approximately 1942-1948

7. Leather wallet with embossed images of Egyptian pharaohs acquired by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: received: approximately 1943

8. Brown leather trifold wallet used by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: use: 1941-1946

9. Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross

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Date:: commemoration: 1944 May

10. Defence Medal issued for service in the British Army during World War II

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Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

11. Concentration camp uniform jacket and pants worn by a Catholic Polish prisoner in several camps

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Date:: use: 1942 September-1945 April

12. Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, worn by a Polish Catholic kidnapped into forced labor service

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Date:: use: approximately 1941-1945

13. Food ration coupon issued to a Polish forced laborer

Date:: issue: approximately 1943

14. Łódź Ghetto grave marker for a Jewish woman recovered by her daughter

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Date:: commemoration: 1943 January 28
recovered: 1946

15. Red, white and blue ribbon bar for distinguished service awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

16. Ribbon bar with British War Medal 1939-1945 and Polish Army Medal for War 1939-1945 awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

17. War Medal 1939-1945 with ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
received: 1948

18. 2nd Polish Corps Syrenka patch with the Warsaw Mermaid worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: use: after 1942 December-approximately 1947

19. British 8th Army Crusade sleeve patch worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: use: after 1944 May-approximately 1947

20. Two military ID tags on a cord worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

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Date:: use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945

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