Overview
- Date
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use:
1941-1944
- Geography
-
use:
Kovno ghetto (historic);
Kaunas (Lithuania)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Star of David badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Sextagonal metal badge etched with a 6 pointed Star of David with lines radiating outward from the star in a fan-shaped design. There are letters and numbers etched inside the star. All the etched lines are painted over in black. A small circular perforation is visible near each of the 6 points of the badge.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- front, etched : JGP / KP / 8
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-14 12:54:09
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn10094
Also in Kovno ghetto collection
The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and scrip relating to life in the Kovno (Kaunus) ghetto in Lithuania before and during the Holocaust.
Date: 1941
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