Overview
- Brief Narrative
- German Wehrmacht helmet acquired by Don Stanton, a soldier in the United States Army.
- Date
-
found:
approximately 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trudy Stanton
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Headgear
- Object Type
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Helmets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal helmet (possibly 2 separate helmets), received with one inside of the other. Exterior helmet (black) with red soviet star on front and white circle with black swastika on right side of helmet and a white and red emblem on the left side. Interior helmet (green) has metal sizer attached inside and exterior has a silver swastika visible on left size.
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint
- Inscription
- Inside front of black helmet - 164 / 2669. Inside rear of green helmet - 1645.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Wehrmacht helmet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Trudy Stanton, the widow of Don Stanton.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:26:45
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47853
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