Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Boxes
- Object Type
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Jewelry boxes (aat)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The container was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:23:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn13898
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Also in Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal collection
The collection consists of a Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal and case.
Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, with ribbon, 1st Class Order, Gold Cross
Object
Mother's Cross honor was instituted by the Nazi Party in 1938. It was first awarded in 1939 to some 3 million mothers as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy.
