Overview
- Brief Narrative
- World War II Victory Medal that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg, who served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. The campaign medal was issued to members of the Armed Forces who served at least one day of honorable, active service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
- Date
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commemoration:
1941-1945
- Geography
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issue:
United States
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lynn Brunskill
- Markings
- a. front, right, embossed : WORLD /
a. front, left, embossed : WWII
a. reverse, in circle around border, embossed : UNITED.STATES.OF.AMERICA.1941.1945.
a. reverse, center above feather, embossed : FREEDOM / FROM FEAR AND WANT
a. reverse, center below feather, embossed : FREEDOM OF SPEECH / AND RELIGION - Contributor
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Subject:
Irving H. Rosenberg
- Biography
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Irving H. Rosenberg, born in 1908 and from Brooklyn, New York, enlisted in the United States Army in November 1941. He served as a medic in the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, 4th Armored Division, during World War II. Rosenberg was deployed to France in 1944 and saw action in France and Germany. His battalion is known for its role in the Battle of the Bulge and for the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, in Germany. Rosenberg was wounded in the line of duty during the war and twice commended for his courage and devotion to duty during combat in France in September 1944. Rosenberg is believed to have died in Essex, New Jersey, in the 1980s.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals--United States (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Circular, bronze-colored medal with an attached ribbon. The front has an embossed image of a woman in a long robe and breastplate, Liberty, with her right foot resting on a helmet, a sign of war. In her outstretched right hand is a broken sword blade, and in her left hand, the hilt. There is English text beneath each hand and rays radiate behind the figure. On the back is embossed English text. A metal suspension ring attaches the ribbon which has a repeating pattern of a central wide red stripe flanked by this row of stripes: narrow white, purple, blue, green, yellow, narrow red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. A pin is connected to the ribbon, which has been folded and then inserted through a metal bracket.
b. Rectangular cardboard box and lid covered with blue paper textured to resemble leather. The lid has a small edge indentation to open it. A white manufacturer's label is glued to the base underside. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
b: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) - Materials
- a : metal, ribbon
b : cardboard, paper, adhesive
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 and presentation box were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Lynn Brunskill.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 10:28:27
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Date: 1941-1946
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US Army Presidential unit citation pin that belonged to a US soldier
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Presidential unit citation pin that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. This pin is awarded to members of an Army unit for extreme heroism and gallantry in a dangerous or hazardous situation. The 4th Armored Division received this citation for their participation in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-1945. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Sterling US 46th Medical Battalion pin that belonged to a US medic
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46th Medical Battalion (Armored) Distinctive Unit sterling device that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served as a medic in the United States Army during World War II. It depicts the crest in the red and white unit colors, with a cross symbolizing its healing nature, a pine tree for its origins at Pine Camp, NY, and the motto: That You May Serve Again. The 46th Medical Battalion (Armored) was attached to the 4th Armored Division throughout the campaigns in Normandy, France, Rhineland, and Ardennes-Alsace, including the April 4, 1945, liberation of Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
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Plastic button with metal eagle owned by a US soldier
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Button that may have belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Plastic button with metal eagle owned by a US soldier
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Brown button with the US Navy seal
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Button that may have belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Rosenberg was medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Brown button with the US Navy seal
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US Army soldier's gold button with an embossed eagle
Object
Emboosed eagle button that may have belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Convention button for the first US Army 4th Armored Division reunion
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US Army 4th Armored Division reunion pin that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. The pin was issued for the 1st Division reunion following the end of the war. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
US Army soldier's red and white striped ribbon
Object
Red and white striped ribbon that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. It is possibly from a Good Conduct medal. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
US Army soldier's red and white striped ribbon
Object
Ribbon that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. It is possibly from a Good Conduct medal. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
US Army soldier's green felt military patch with 4 gold stripes
Object
Military patch that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Army service stripes patch that designates length of service in an oversees capacity during World War II. One bar represents 6 months of service outside the continental United States. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Blue box with italicized initials G.N.M.L., Berlin, that belonged to a US soldier
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Box that may have belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
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