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Carl Werner Lenneberg collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of World War I medals, ribbons, and shoulder boards, currency, a DRL sports badge, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Carl Werner Lenneberg and his family before the Holocaust in Germany, during their voyage on the MS St Louis in 1939, and emigration to the United States in 1940.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Ron Lenneberg, the son of Carl Werner Lenneberg.
Date: approximately 1918-approximately 1940

Date: inclusive: circa 1913-1975
bulk: 1939-1940
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Date: manufacture: approximately 1916
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: use: 1916-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: manufacture: Jena (Germany)
Date: manufacture: approximately 1935-approximately 1937
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
Geography: manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Date: issue: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: use: approximately 1914-1918
Date: use: approximately 1914-approximately 1918
Date: issue: approximately 1914-approximately 1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: use: approximately 1914-approximately 1918
Geography: manufacture: United States
Date: use: after 1940
Geography: issue: Berlin (Germany)
Date: issue: 1920 November 01
Geography: issue: Berlin (Germany)
Date: issue: 1923 October 01
Geography: issue: Aachen (Germany : Landkreis)
Date: issue: 1923 October 12
Geography: issue: Remscheid (Germany)
Date: issue: 1923 August 11
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:33
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