German army medal

Object | Accession Number: 1990.36.12

1990.36.12 back
German army medal

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Geography: use: Sachsenberg Psychiatric Asylum; Schwerin (Germany)
Language: German
Classification: Awards
Category: Medals
Object Type: Medals, German (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Medizin und Pharmaziehistoriches Museum Wismar

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Medizin und Pharmaziehistorisches Museum Wismar.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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