Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (Kroatische Nr. 1) collar tab acquired by an American soldier
- Date
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found:
1945
- Geography
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found:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Gorgets (Military insignia) (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eleanor Hamlin Vendig
Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (Kroatische Nr. 1) collar tab brought back by Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, a soldier in Europe during World War II who served as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany, during the postwar US miliary occupation government.
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Record last modified: 2021-02-10 08:59:36
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Also in Malcolm Vendig collection
The collection consists of 2 badges found by Malcolm Vendig at Dachau concentration camp post-war.
Military patch found at Dachau by an American soldier
Object
Military insignia patch brought back by Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, a soldier in Europe during World War II who served as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany, during the postwar US miliary occupation government.