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British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.18

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    British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Shmuel Givol Gotthold. Gotthold was a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, British Army, 2nd Jewish Battalion, Palestine Regiment. In the immediate postwar period he was stationed in the British Zone in Germany where he helped trace missing persons and aided refugees desperate to know whether their family members had survived. The Brigade was established by the British in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer 1946
    Date
    commemoration:  1939-1945
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yoel Givol and Michal Lilli Kahani, in memory of their grandparents, Hildegard and Moritz Henschel
    Contributor
    Subject: Shmuel Givol Gotthold
    Issuer: Great Britain

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Classification
    Awards
    Category
    Medals
    Physical Description
    Rectangular grosgrain ribbon with frayed ends and 7 vertical stripes: green, narrow black, green, wide orange, green, narrow black, green.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
    Materials
    overall : ribbon

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The ribbon was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Yoel Givol and Michal Lilli Kahani, the grandchildren of Hildegard and Moritz Henschel.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-09-15 10:20:11
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