US Army patch acquired by a US soldier attending the War Crimes Trials

Object | Accession Number: 2015.163.5

Date: received: 1946 April-1946 May
Geography: received: Nuremberg (Germany)
Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Badges
Object Type: Color patches (military patches) (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dale Ruby

Physical Description: Blue and orange shield shaped cloth patch with an orange border and a male profile with headdress, also in orange thread.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
Materials: overall : cloth
Topical Term: Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
War crime trials--Germany (West)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Dale Ruby, on behalf of his sister, Chris Ruby Stubbs, and in honor of their father, Carter E. Ruby (Lieutenant, U.S. Army) and their uncles, William Stentz Ruby (Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps) and Robert Barton Ruby (Lieutenant, U.S. Navy).
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
: Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:43:25
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Also in Carter E. Ruby collection

The collection consists of two US army badges, a shoulder patch, decals, correspondence, documents, publications, photographs, and a DVD relating to the experiences of Lieutenant Carter E. Ruby, U.S. Army, at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, April-May 1946.

Carter E. Ruby papers

Document

The collection consists of documents, publications, photographs, and correspondence that document the service of Lieutenant Carter E. Ruby, U.S. Army, at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, April-May 1946, and includes correspondence that Ruby sent to his parents while stationed in Nuremberg, as well as clippings and other printed material about the trial that Ruby collected, both during that period and in the years afteward.

Booklet

Publication

IMT pamphlet describing the defendants and the trial acquired by Lieutenant Carter E. Ruby, U.S. Army, at the Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, April-May 1946. The booklet has signatures collected by Ruby while attending the War Crimes Trials.