Overview
- Date
-
commemoration:
1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jerry Jacobs
- Markings
- front, bottom, embossed : 1939
reverse, bottom, embossed : 1813
Physical Details
- 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 is embossed with the year of first issue, 1813, in the bottom arm. There is a loop on the top arm with a suspension ring.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 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 WWII iron cross medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Jerry Jacobs.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:40:55
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12829
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