Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Badge taken from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Felicia Olzsewska
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White rectangular cotton fabric; applied to left side, red inverted triangular-shaped wool piece with letter "P" sewn at center; applied to center and right, leather numbers "85524"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.370 inches (8.56 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, cotton, wool
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 1996 by Felicia Olzsewska.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:23:24
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11834
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The collection consists of two identification badges and a pin with a prisoner number.
Stickpin
Object
Stick pin, identifying prisoner's number; enameled inverted red triangle, labeled "MAUTHAUSEN/85524."
