Overview
- Date
-
commemoration:
1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marcia Colish. In Memory of Daisy Kartch Colish.
- Markings
- front, bottom, embossed : 1939
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
-
Military Insignia
- Category
-
Medals
- Object Type
-
Medals, German (lcsh)
- 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: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
2: Height: 1.900 inches (4.826 cm) | Width: 1.900 inches (4.826 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) - Materials
- 1 : iron, silver
2 : cardboard, paper, ink, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The WWII iron cross medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Marcia Colish.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:23:36
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12748
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