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Nazi Party armband with swastika

Object | Accession Number: 1991.139.7

1991.139.7 front
Nazi Party armband with swastika

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Language: German
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Armbands
Object Type: Armbands (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marion Meginnis. In memory of my father Francis M. Mike Meginnis, who served in the European theatre 1944-1945

Physical Description: Red felt cloth with a white circle containing a black swastika. Tags inside read, "RZ M Hersteller Nr., U 4 135, B No 219684, " and "RZ M Hersteller Nr., U 4 135, P No 453992."
Dimensions: overall : 4.500 x 7.380 in. (11.43 x 18.745 cm.)
Materials: overall : cloth
Topical Term: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Insignia.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by F. Marion Meginnis, the daughter of F. Mike Meginnis.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:53
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