Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Wound badge issued to soldiers who received one to two wounds.
- Date
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creation:
1939
- Geography
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issue:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marcia Colish. In Memory of Daisy Kartch Colish.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Oval metal, black, raised image of helmet bearing swastika imposed upon two crossed swords, laurel surrounding edge. Hollow back with a needle pin.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Marcia Colish.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:35:51
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12749
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