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

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

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

Date:: issue: 1939 May-1945 May

3. 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

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

2003.419.2 front

Date:: received: 1898-1948

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

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

6. 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

7. 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

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

2003.149.9 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

9. Two medals with container honoring two Belgian women for their rescue work

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

10. 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

11. City of Ghent Commemorative Medal 1940-1945 medal with ribbon awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter

2005.25.5 front

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: approximately 1945

12. Medal honoring soldiers killed during the invasion issued to a Dutch resistance leader

1990.23.240.1 open

Date:: commemoration: 1940 May
commemoration: 1940-1945

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

2002.477.8 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

14. 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

15. Honorary award bestowed on a Jewish couple for their work in the Belgian Jewish resistance

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

16. 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

17. Two medals with container honoring two Belgians for their rescue work

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

18. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.2_a front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February

19. Belgian war medal awarded to a member of the Jewish underground

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

20. Belgian medal awarded to a Jewish couple for their work in the resistance

Date:: commemoration: 1940-1945

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