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Nazi banner with a black swastika within a white circle

Object | Accession Number: 2007.464.1

Date: 1945 (received)
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Flags
Object Type: Banners (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Nellie S. Hatch Trust

Physical Description: Red, square, cloth banner with a black swastika encircled in a white background at the center. The top edge is bound by cording and has 19 cloth 2.25" rings for hanging the banner.
Dimensions: overall : 119.000 x 113.000 in. (302.26 x 287.02 cm.)
Materials: overall : cloth, dye
Markings: along border, manufacturer info : (Symbol) FAHNEMRIGHTER / gegr ● 1869 / KÖLN / 8
Topical Term: Soldiers--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
Corporate Name: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Nazi banner was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Karren, Hendrix, Stagg, Allen & Co. as conservator for the Nellie S. Hatch Trust.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:09:50
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