Box removed postwar from Gusen concentration camp in Austria

Object | Accession Number: 1995.90.2

Date: 1945 (found)
Geography: acquired : Gusen (Concentration camp); Gusen (Austria)
Language: English
Classification: Containers
Category: Boxes
Object Type: Wooden boxes (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Paul

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Physical Description: Rectangular open box; type and hand-written note stapled to one side.
Dimensions: overall : 4.880 x 10.750 x 7.990 in. (12.395 x 27.305 x 20.295 cm.)
Materials: overall : wood, paper, metal, ink
Signature: side of box, on paper, stapled to box "Cecil Welch 1st Sgt"
Inscription: type and hand-written note stapled to box reading " [typed] "I certify that the inclosed [sic] articles are a bona fide gift [paper cut]/at less than 50 dollars from a member of the Armes Forces of [paper cut]/United States on duty outside the continental limits of the u[paper cut]/States and under Public Law 790 are entitled to free entry. [end type]...[hand-inscribed]/Contains gifts to me from liberated inmates of Gusen/concentration camp...[end inscription]"; at left side, and partially covered by, stapled note, the following is inscribed "[partially visible] From/1st Sgt/35160/Bn Hq./APO 20" in ink; see Remarks regarding remaining inscriptions (not enough room in this field)
below stapled note is inscription "To Mrs Thomas Welch/629 Eugene st/Indianapolis 8/Indiana" in ink
bottom of box inscribed "From/1st Sgt C. C. Welch/35166350/2nd Bn. Hq. 260 Inf./APO 200/c/o P. M N. Y. N. Y./To Mrs T. Welch/629 Eugene st/Indianapolis 8/Indiana" in colored pencil or crayon
Contributor: Subject: Cecil Welch
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ron Paul for the Welch Family.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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