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1. WWII German black wound badge issued to a WW I veteran

1998.55.2 front

Date:: creation: 1939

2. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier

Date:: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944

3. Bronze Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 3rd Class Order

Date:: issue: 1939 May-1945 May

4. Ceskoslovenskou Medaila za Chrabrost [Medal of Valor] awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier

2004.643.2 front

Date:: issue: 1946 March 06
commemoration: 1939-1945

5. War Merit Cross

1995.142.5_a front

Date:: 1939

6. Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands 1898-1948 miniature medal owned by a former hidden child

2003.419.2 front

Date:: received: 1898-1948

7. Polish Organization for the Struggle for Independence medal, ribbon and box awarded to a Jewish member of the Belgian resistance

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

8. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier

2004.388.2 front

Date:: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944

9. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 buttonhole double ribbon bar with swords awarded to Jewish soldier

2011.259.6 front

Date:: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944

10. Ribbon bar with 3 campaign ribbons issued to a Jewish German US soldier

2003.149.9 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

11. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal

2016.453.2 front

Date:: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944

12. Two place service distinction ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

2002.477.8 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

13. Ribbon bar award for construction of the German West Wall acquired by German Jewish US soldier

2003.149.76 front

Date:: commemoration: after 1937-before 1940 May
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June

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

1999.180.2 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
received: 1948

15. WWII Iron Cross 2nd Class medal taken from the body of a dead German soldier by an American soldier

1993.151.2_a front

Date:: commemoration: 1939

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

1999.180.3 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
received: 1948

17. World War II Iron Cross

2011.455.1 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

18. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal

1995.123.2 front

Date:: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944

19. French Croix de Guerre with bronze palm awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter

2011.160.3 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
issue: 1960 May

20. War Medal 1939-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

2012.471.17_a-c front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945
received: 1990

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