Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nazi eagle with swastika clutched in talons with oak wreath brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
- Date
-
found:
approximately 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trudy Stanton
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Silver metal medal with Nazi eagle clutching swastika surrounded by oak wreath. Reverse has two screws where it was attached.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
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 medal 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
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47880
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