Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nazi badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
- Date
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found:
approximately 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Trudy Stanton
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black oval badge with embroidered gold Nazi eagle and swastika with wording underneath: "Reichspolt."
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm)
- Materials
- overall : felt, thread
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 Nazi Party badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Trudy Stanton, the widow of Don Stanton.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-07 12:44:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47899
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