Overview
- Brief Narrative
- POW ID tag from the collection of Leopold Guttman, a Belgian soldier who was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned as prisoner of war in Stalag X C.
- Geography
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issue:
Stalag 1 A;
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norman Guttman
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
-
Tags (aat)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, metal POW ID tag with five rectangular cuts across the center which divide it in two parts, with the same text on each side; circular cuts in three corners of the tag
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.056 inches (2.682 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- STALAG IA / Nr. : 13018 B
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The prisoner ID tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Norman Guttman, the son of Leopold Guttman.
- Record last modified:
- 2025-01-21 08:06:25
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Also in Leopold Guttman collection
The collection consists of three military medals, metal tags, and a medal attached to a Magen David necklace, documents, a photograph album, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leopold Guttman, before, during, and after World War II, during which he served in the Belgian Army and was imprisoned in a German stalag. as a member of the Belgian army.
Date: 1938-2014
Commemorative Medal of War by a Belgian soldier and former POW
Object
Medal from the collection of Leopold Guttman, who was arrested and imprisoned as a member of the Belgian army.
War Cross medal owned by a Belgian soldier and former POW
Object
Medal from the collection of Leopold Guttman, who was arrested and imprisoned as a member of the Belgian army.
Miniature Commemorative Medal of War owned by a Belgian soldier and former POW
Object
Medal from the collection of Leopold Guttman, a Belgian soldier who was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned as prisoner of war in Stalag X C.
Chain link bracelet with prisoner ID tag issued to a Belgian POW
Object
Prisoner identification tag and bracelet issued to Leopold Guttman, a Belgian soldier who was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned as prisoner of war in Stalag X C.
Religious POW medal attached to Magen David necklace
Object
Religious POW medal and necklace from the collection of Leopold Guttman, a Belgian soldier who was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned as prisoner of war in Stalag X C.
Leopold Guttman collection
Document
Consists of a photo album depicting the pre-war work of the Relief Committee of Antwerp and pre-war and wartime photographs of Stalag 10c, from the collection of Leopold Guttman, who was arrested and imprisoned as a member of the Belgian army.
