Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Worn by Meir Yelin in Lithuania and the Kovno ghetto.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1941-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dita Katz Zupovitz Sperling
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
- Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David stiched to blue cloth backing with orange thread.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wool, cotton, dye
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 donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Dita Sperling.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:23:17
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11265
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