Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal badge (copper-alloy) with enamel details in blue, with text, "Wortheland"?. There is an image of a Nazi eagle with swaztika. There is damage to the enamel and corrison of the metal
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:40:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516348
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