Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nazi flagpole finial taken from its pole in Luxembourg. It features a Reichsadler, an Imperial eagle with outstretched wings, holding in its talons a wreath with a swastika.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1939-1945
found: 1945
- Geography
-
found:
Eschdorf (Luxembourg)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bob Geiger
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
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Finials (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Flags.
- Physical Description
- Silver colored base metal flagpole ornament in the shape of an eagle with spread wings perched on a wreath with a cut out of a black painted swastika in the center. It was broken off from the ferrule, the ring where it was attached to the pole.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Luxembourg.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The flagpole ornament was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Bob Geiger.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-06 10:15:38
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520896
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Object
Nazi flag taken from its pole in Luxembourg.
