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

Date:: use: approximately 1933-1945

2. Star of David badge with the letter J. acquired by a US pilot

2014.410.1 front

Date:: use: approximately 1942-1945
received: 1945

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

2005.416.8 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1945

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

2005.416.14 front

Date:: received: approximately 1941-1946

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

2005.416.22 front

Date:: commemoration: approximately 1941-1946

6. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.6 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939 September 08-1946 December 31

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

1995.54.1 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945

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

2005.416.5 front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945

9. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.7 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939 September 08-1946 December 31

10. Pennant found by a US soldier

2015.558.11 front

Date:: use: 1941 July-1945

11. Pennant found by a US soldier

2015.558.10 front

Date:: use: 1941 July-1945

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

2005.416.12 front

Date:: received: after 1942 February 12-1946

13. WWII German Army General Assault badge with an eagle on an oak leaf wreath acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: approximately 1945-1946
issue: after 1940-1945

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

2005.416.13 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1946

15. SSB blue enamelled badge with a snowflake acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: 1945
creation: 1907-1945

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

2005.416.11 front

Date:: received: after 1942 February 12-1946

17. 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

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

2015.255.3 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1945

19. Small, yellow warning pennant with a skull and crossbones acquired by a US soldier

2013.453.7 front

Date:: found: 1945-1946
use: 1941 July-1945

20. Pressed metal badge in the shape of an eagle over an oak wreath acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: approximately 1945-1946
issue: 1942

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