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Don Stanton collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Don Stanton as a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Trudy Stanton, the widow of Don Stanton.
Date
approximately 1945
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German wooden ammunition box acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.1

Date
found:  approximately 1945

German military dagger and sheath acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.3 a-b


Metal swastika shaped pin acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.4

Date
found:  approximately 1945

German medal with Reichsadler

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.5

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Medal and chain acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.6 a-b

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Military cap acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.7

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.8 a-b

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.9

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.10 a-b

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Large Nazi National War flag acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.11

Geography
manufacture: Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
Date
acquired:  approximately 1945
manufacture:  approximately 1938-1945

Japanese flag signed by US soldiers

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.12

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Nazi Party badge acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.13

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Badge embroidered with blue and white arrows acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.14

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Badge with a gold 7 on a red and white star acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.15

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Square black patch with an embroidered blue star acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.16

Date
found:  approximately 1945

Bullet acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2010.507.17

Date
found:  approximately 1945
 
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