Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norman Guttman
- Markings
- back, around border: AUMONERIE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / PARIS 2 RUE LENEVEUX [Chaplaincy for Priosners of War / 2 Rue Leneveux, Paris]
back, center: SOUVENEZ VOUS DES PRISONNIERS COMME SI VOUS ETIEZ CAPTIFS AVEC EUX. ST PAUL [Remember prisoners as if you were held captive with them. St. Paul]
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Classification
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Christian Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Religious medals (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circualr metal medal with an image of the Virgin and child, while she is lifting chains. The medal is attached to a Magen David necklace.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
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 medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Norman Guttman, the son of Leopold Guttman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-01 09:04:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn106423
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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.
Prisoner ID tag issued to a Belgian soldier and former POW
Object
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.
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.
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. Also includes one copy of the Tactical Air Force "Judaean Magazine" of June 1945, which includes an article about Guttman's work to restore the Wunstorf synagogue and a report entitled, "A Brief Picture History of how Leopold Guttman Came to America."
