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1. National Socialist German Workers Party pin worn by a Party member

Date:: use: approximately 1933-1945

2. Ross Baker collection

Date:: inclusive: 1933-2005
bulk: 1933-1938

3. Certificate taken from the body of a dead German soldier by an American soldier

Date:: issue: 1943 March 28
found: 1944-1945

4. US Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment Toujours Pret pin worn by a Jewish American soldier

2015.255.4 front

Date:: use: approximately 1943-1945

5. Epaulet with yellow swastikas and black stripes found by a US soldier

1992.127.6 front

Date:: found: 1944 July

6. Fringed epaulet with yellow swastikas and black stripes found by a US soldier

1992.127.5 front

Date:: found: 1944 July

7. Map of Western Germany, in French.

2014.480.132 front

Date:: publication/distribution: 1944-1944

8. Two dog tags and a chain worn by a Jewish American soldier

2015.255.3 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1945

9. Lorenz Schmuhl papers

1995.A.1119 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 24

Date:: inclusive: 1918-1985
bulk: 1939-1945
Special Collection:: Save Their Stories

10. US Army 2nd Cavalry captain's insignia worn by a Jewish American soldier

2015.255.6 front

Date:: use: approximately 1944-1945

11. US Army 2nd Cavalry regimental pin worn by a Jewish American soldier

2015.255.5 front

Date:: use: approximately 1944-1945

12. Epaulet with yellow swastikas and black stripes found by a US soldier

1992.127.7 front

Date:: found: 1944 July

13. US Army corporal shoulder patch, winter dress style, issue to a US soldier

Date:: received: approximately 1944

14. US glider pilot sterling silver pin acquired by a US soldier

2006.317.2 front

Date:: received: approximately 1944

15. US Army soldier's 5-pointed star shaped gold pin

2005.416.5 front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945

16. Stephen J. Schweitzer diary

2022.130 transcript

Date:: inclusive: 1944 December 21-1945 April 12

17. US Army Bronze Star ribbon awarded to Captain J.G. Mitnick

2006.11.42 front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945

18. US Army captain's insignia patch worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.29 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

19. US Army garrison cap with piping and captain's insignia worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.16 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

20. US Army soldier's green felt military patch with 4 gold stripes

2005.416.22 front

Date:: commemoration: approximately 1941-1946

21. J. George Mitnick papers

2005.120.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 7

Date:: inclusive: circa 1940-2005

22. Germany, occupation currency, 50 crowns, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.34 front

Date:: issue: 1940 September 12-1945

23. US Army olive drab canvas bed roll used by a soldier

2006.11.39, Olive drab, bedding roll, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

24. US Army, 45th Infantry Division, Class A Thunderbird patch issued to a Jewish soldier

2006.11.23 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

25. US Army captain's Eisenhower jacket worn by a soldier

2006.11.18 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

26. Hitler Youth armband with a swastika acquired by a US soldier

1988.99.4 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945
found: after 1944 June-before 1945 November

27. US Army captain's insignia patch worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.27 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

28. SA brown uniform shirt with Rottenfuhrer insignia acquired by a US soldier

1988.99.5 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945-before 1945 November
manufacture: after 1934-before 1945

29. Framed portrait of a woman owned by an American internee

2018.426.8 a front

Date:: use: 1942 September-1944 September

30. US Army captain's insignia patch worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.26 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

31. Name tag

Date:: use: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945
manufacture: approximately 1944
commemoration: 1939-1945

32. Metal strainer used by an American internee

2018.426.11 side a

Date:: use: 1942 September-1944 September

33. Lt. J. George Mitnick stencil used to label his US Army equipment

2006.11.38 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

34. Sterling silver US Airman's wing crew pin owned by a US medic

2005.416.8 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1945

35. US Army captain's insignia patch worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.28 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

36. Infantry tank officer’s field jacket with several ribbon bars and pins worn by a US soldier

Date:: use: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945
manufacture: approximately 1944
commemoration: 1939-1945

37. World War II Victory Medal, ribbon and presentation box owned by a US soldier

2005.416.4_a front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945

38. US Army olive drab knit balaclava used by a soldier

2006.11.14 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

39. 2 place ribbon bar, War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords and Eastern Front ribbons acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: approximately 1945-1946
issue: after 1941-before 1945

40. Imperial Japan, 10 yen note, issued for use in occupied China acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.37 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944-1945

41. Nazi propaganda leaflet to lower Allied troops morale acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: 1944 September
Title:: Happy Days.....Gone

42. Sterling US 46th Medical Battalion pin that belonged to a US medic

2005.416.12 front

Date:: received: after 1942 February 12-1946

43. US Army olive drab knit balaclava used by a soldier

2006.11.13 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

44. US Army footlocker used by a soldier

2006.11.2, US Army footlocker, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

45. Plastic button with metal eagle owned by a US soldier

2005.416.14 front

Date:: received: approximately 1941-1946

46. US 46th Armored Medical Battalion pin that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.13 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1946

47. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier after liberation

2013.388.2 front

Date:: issue: 1944-1945
found: approximately 1945 April 15

48. Great Britain, 1 pound note, acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.35 front

Date:: issue: 1940 March 28-1948

49. US Army garrison cap with black piping and captain's insignia worn by a Jewish soldier

2006.11.17 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

50. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier

1988.168.1 front

Date:: issue: after 1938 July-before 1945 April

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