Medal and chain acquired by a US soldier
- Date
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found:
approximately 1945
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trudy Stanton
Nazi medal and chain brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:45
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Also in Don Stanton collection
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.
Date: approximately 1945
German wooden ammunition box acquired by a US soldier
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German ammunition box brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
German military dagger and sheath acquired by a US soldier
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Nazi knife and sheath brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Metal swastika shaped pin acquired by a US soldier
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Silver metal pin with swastika brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
German medal with Reichsadler
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Nazi eagle with swastika clutched in talons with oak wreath brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Military cap acquired by a US soldier
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Military cap brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
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Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
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Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
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Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Large Nazi National War flag acquired by a US soldier
Object
Large Nazi National War flag, or Reichskriegsflagge, brought back to the United States around 1945 by Don Stanton (1924-1995), a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The flag bears a canted swastika at the center and a black Iron Cross in the canton or top left quadrant. On the back of the flag, a marking with a Nazi eagle over a capital M indicates the flag was Kriegsmarine, or German War Navy, approved. Additional markings indicate the flag was manufactured in occupied Bielitz (now Bielsko-Biała, Poland) at the siezed textile factory Plutzar & Brüll KG., Bielitz.
Japanese flag signed by US soldiers
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Japanese flag brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi Party badge acquired by a US soldier
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Nazi badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Badge embroidered with blue and white arrows acquired by a US soldier
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Badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Badge with a gold 7 on a red and white star acquired by a US soldier
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Badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Square black patch with an embroidered blue star acquired by a US soldier
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Small star badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
