Medal with Polish eagle and ceriticate issued to former political prisoner

Object | Accession Number: 1996.25.2 a-b

Date: 1947 February 16 (issue)
Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Medals
Object Type: Medals, Polish (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Shuflata

Physical Description: a= insignia (medal) with eagle and "P" for Poland
b= certificate: typed card with attached to insignia (.2a); text reads: "Ist Lt. George J. Shuflata Jr. has received the memory mark of released political prisoners of the German concentration camps No. 1122 in a proof of the feelings and appriaciation [sic] of his work for the 4189 Polish Guard Company 'Kresowa'"
Dimensions: a : 1.500 x 0.750 x 0.500 in. (3.81 x 1.905 x 1.27 cm.)
b : 3.870 x 6.000 x 0.500 in. (9.83 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, enamel paint, metal
Markings: in red ink, top right, ink stamp of Organisation of released political prisoners of the German Concentration cmaps; in red ink, circular ink stamp of same organization in English and Polish with "Mannheim Kafertal" in center
Signature: in black ink, lower right, by Jozef Barcz, President of the 80 Team
Inscription: in black ink, bottom right, "Heidelberg 16.2.1947"
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The award was donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by George Shuflata.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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