WWII Iron Cross 1st Class medal

Object | Accession Number: 1998.55.1.1-.2

Date: 1939 (commemoration)
Language: German
Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Medals
Object Type: Medals, German (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marcia Colish. In Memory of Daisy Kartch Colish.

Physical Description: Black painted metal alloy cross pattee style medal with a silver colored reeded border on the front. The front is embossed with a swastika in the center, and the year the award was reinstituted, 1939, in the bottom arm. The reverse has a clasp.

Clamshell cardboard box held together with metal staples. On top is stamped "Verwundelen-/Abzeichen/1939/Schwarz" (Wounded/Badge/1939/Black)
Dimensions: 1 : 1.750 x 1.750 x 0.250 in. (4.445 x 4.445 x 0.635 cm.)
2 : 1.900 x 1.900 x 5.000 in. (4.826 x 4.826 x 12.7 cm.)
Materials: 1 : iron, silver
2 : cardboard, paper, ink, metal
Markings: front, bottom, embossed : 1939
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The WWII iron cross medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Marcia Colish.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:23:26
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