Overview
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1933-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kevin Williams
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Pins (Jewelry)
- Object Type
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Stickpins (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Shield badge mounted on stick pin; recto: shield with red enamel field and black enamel swastika superimposed over black iron cross; verso: upper edge, raised letters, "GES GESCH"; lower half, raised number "1"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.240 inches (5.69 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Depth: 1.610 inches (4.089 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The stickpin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Kevin Williams.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:40:10
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12755
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