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Prisoner identification badge

Object | Accession Number: 1996.93.2

Badge taken from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform.

Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Badges (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Felicia Olzsewska

About This Object

Physical Description
Leather numbers "85524", at right, with red triangle sewn to white cloth.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 4.720 inches (11.989 cm)
Materials
overall : leather, cotton

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Felicia Olzsewska.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:23:12
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11835

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Prisoner identification badge

Object

Badge taken from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform.

Stickpin

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Object

Stick pin, identifying prisoner's number; enameled inverted red triangle, labeled "MAUTHAUSEN/85524."

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