Red shield shaped badge with the Mermaid of Warsaw owned by a Polish soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2000.226.7

Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Badges
Object Type: Color patches (military patches) (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Ringelheim

Physical Description: Shield-shaped red and white textile with image of mythological figure with club over its head; backed and stitched to a brown cotton fabric.
Dimensions: overall : 2.000 x 1.500 in. (5.08 x 3.81 cm.)
Materials: overall : cloth
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Joan Ringelheim.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:22:27
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Date: 1940-1991

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