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League of German Girl’s winter climbing jacket found by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.512.1
2013.512.1 front League of German Girl’s winter climbing jacket found by a US soldier Click to enlarge 2013.512.1 detail League of German Girl’s winter climbing jacket found by a US soldier Click to enlarge

League of German Girl’s winter climbing jacket with a South Franken insignia brought back from the war by Arthur R. Myers. Myers was an American soldier who entered combat during the D-Day invasion in June 1944. He fought through the Battle of the Bulge and continued until reaching the outskirts of Berlin in April 1945. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7.

Date
found:  1945
Geography
found: Germany
use: Unterfranken (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Clothing and Dress
Category
Military uniforms
Object Type
Jackets (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Palmer

About This Object

Physical Description
Girl’s golden brown, long-sleeved, waist length, single breasted faux suede cloth jacket with a notched collar and lapels and pointed, buttonhole tabs on the cuffs. All frayed buttonholes are finished and there are 3 light brown plastic buttons with metal shanks, all recent, and 8, matching dark brown ones with plastic shanks. The front has a 5 button placket with 2 angled bottom points. There are 4 square patch pockets with angled bottom corners, top flaps, and 1 button closures. The back waist has 2 adjustment tabs with gold colored metal slide buckles. The interior is fully lined: the body with light purple brocade, the sleeves with light brown, striped cloth, and the pocket flaps with light brown cloth. There is a brown, cloth hanging loop on the inner collar. Two embroidered cloth patches are handstitched to the upper left sleeve: a dark brown triangle with Süd Franken and a white thread border above a Hitler Youth insignia, a mobile black swastika on a canted white square at the center with red points above and below and white points to the sides. The jacket looks well used.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth, plastic, metal, thread
Inscription
upper left arm, patch, embroidered, white thread : Süd / Franken [South Franconia]
Contributor
Subject: Arthur R. Myers
Biography
Arthur Roy Myers was born on August 13, 1920, in Manhattan, New York, to Arthur J. and Margaret Dowg Myers. He had a brother Russell and a sister Florence. In December 1941, the United States entered World War II. Myers entered the US Army. He landed in Normandy, France, during the D-Day invasion launched on June 6, 1944. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945.) He was on the outskirts of Berlin as it fell to the Soviets in late April 1945. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7. Myers returned to New York. He also served in the Army during the Korean War (1950-1953.) He married Clare Ann Furnaro (d. 2004.) The couple settled in Ossining, where he was a corrections officer at Sing Sing Prison. He was active in his local American Legion Post 506 and the Moose Lodge. Myers, 93, passed away on October 8, 2013.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Robert Palmer, the nephew of Arthur R. Myers.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:21:37
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The collection consists of a League of German Girl's uniform jacket and a Hitler Youth jacket relating to the experiences of Arthur R. Myers, an American soldier who served in combat with the US Army in Europe during World War II.

Hitler Youth jacket with insignia and armband found by a US soldier

Hitler Youth jacket with insignia and armband found by a US soldier

Object

Hitler Youth uniform jacket with a South Franken insignia, armband, and shoulder boards brought back from the war by Arthur R. Myers. Myers was an American soldier who entered combat during the D-Day invasion in June 1944. He fought through the Battle of the Bulge and continued until reaching the outskirts of Berlin in April 1945. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7.

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