SA Braunhemd badge

Object | Accession Number: 2000.267.13

Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Badges
Object Type: Badges (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas McKeown

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Physical Description: hexagonal form constructed of metal; embossed in center and surrounded by raised edges is "8./II SS - TV/125/Braunhemd"; at top near raised edges is 1/4" oblong hole.
Materials: overall : metal
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The identification tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Thomas McKeown.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-08-31 10:40:55
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The collection consists of photographs, identification tags and Buchenwald scrip.

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark

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2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.