Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of German military uniform clothing and accessories: dress jacket, four hats, helmet, two canteens, belt, and nine shoulder boards relating to the experiences of Bernard B. Cohen, as a soldier in the United States Third Army, European Theater of Operations, during World War II.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985 by Estelle Cohen, the wife of Bernard B. Cohen.
Browse 18 Items In This Collection
German military red painted canteen in pouch with strap acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.1
manufacture: 1943
German military canteen with leather strap acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.2
manufacture: Olpe (Germany)
manufacture: 1943-1944
Luftwaffe M1942 helmet taken from a German soldier by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.3
manufacture: Germany
manufacture: 1942 August 01-before 1944
Wehrmacht M1936 belt and embossed buckle acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.4 a-b
manufacture: Ludenscheid (Germany)
manufacture: 1941
Luftwaffe flak artillery shoulder strap with red piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.5
Luftwaffe flak artillery shouder strap with red piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.6
Luftwaffe flak artillery shoulder strap with red piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.7
Luftwaffe flak artillery shoulder strap with red piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.8
Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.9
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.10
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.11
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.12
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.13
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
Luftwaffe ground crew overseas cap with eagle acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.14
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
manufacture: 1938
Luftwaffe ground crew overseas cap with eagle acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.15
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
manufacture: 1938
Luftwaffe M1935 Schirmmutze with visor acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.16
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
found: approximately 1945
Luftwaffe M1935 Schirmmutze without visor acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.17
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
found: approximately 1945
Luftwaffe Waffenrock dress uniform jacket acquired by US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.18
manufacture: Germany
found: approximately 1945
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