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Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai

Object | Accession Number: 2000.24.35 a
2000.24.35_a front Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai Click to enlarge 2000.24.35_a-b front Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai Click to enlarge
Date
approximately 1939-1948
Geography
use: Shanghai (China)
Language
English
Classification
Clothing and Dress
Category
Men's clothing
Object Type
Shirts, Men's (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Bergtraun

About This Object

Physical Description
khaki short sleeved shirt; sewn on left breast pocket: leather triangle divided into thirds, red, white, red, with image of red down arrow crossed at top in middle of white section, below that painted leather patch with image of Chinese dragon and "13TH GROUP SHANGHAI" in green; sewn on right breast pocket: two vertical stripes of white linen[?] on either side of oval olive green patch embroidered in red with fleur-de-lis and "BOY SCOUTS" in yellow; 10 merit badges sewn on left sleeve; sewn on right sleeve: 5 merit badges and large oval olive green patch embroidered in red with fleur-de-lis and "BOY SCOUTS" in yellow; 2000.24.35b was attached to right shoulder: twisted emerald green cords looped through shoulder strap and two strips of olive green fabric safety pinned to shoulder strap
Dimensions
overall: Height: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm) | Width: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth, leather, paint, metal, ink
Contributor
Subject: Eric Bergtraun
Biography
Eric Bergtraun (1925-2008) was born Erich Maximilian Bergtraun in Vienna to Edmund Leon Bergtraun and Lilly Wagner Bergtraun. His family left Austria for Shanghai shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938 and was forced to live in the Hongkew Ghetto for three years as the war intensified. Eric was active in the underground British Boy Scouts and became Scout Master after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, settled in San Francisco, and married Polly Bergtraun (nee Hertz).

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The shirt was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Eric Bergtraun.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:23:48
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