Overview
- Date
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commemoration:
1914-1918
- Geography
-
creation:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Gela Jane Benton
- Markings
- front, center, embossed : W front, bottom, embossed : 1914 reverse, top, embossed : FW reverse, bottom, embossed : 1813 suspension ring, maker’s mark, engraved : KO
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black painted metal alloy cross pattee style medal with a silver colored reeded border on the front and reverse. The front is embossed with an imperial crown in the top arm; a W cipher for King Wilhelm II in the center; and the year the award was reinstituted, 1914, in the bottom arm. The reverse is embossed with the FW cipher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III in the top arm; a cluster of 3 oak leaves in the center, and the year of first issue, 1813, in the bottom arm. There is a loop on the top arm with a suspension ring. The maker’s mark, KO, for Konigliches Munzamt Orden, the Royal Mint in Berlin, is engraved on the suspension ring. The medal is attached to a black with two thin white bands grosgrain ribbon.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.270 inches (21.006 cm) | Width: 11.420 inches (29.007 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint, ribbon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Military decorations--Germany.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by the Estate of Gela Jane Benton, via Glen R. Bernfield.
- Record last modified:
- 2025-01-02 11:09:47
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/bookmarks/irn7215
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Arthur Leiser message
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Arthur Leiser sent this coded message to his daughter Gela Jane Benton, wife of Erich Benton, in the USA from Berlin, Germany. Leiser and his daughter had prearranged that he would send this message if he was in danger. Leiser and his wife Toni were deported in 1942 to Theresienstadt where they died. Handwritten message reads (in translation): "The doll's father Peter said [words in shorthand] We are going far away. Greetings, Father."
