Nazi Party swastika armband

Object | Accession Number: 1994.122.2

Overview

Date: publication/distribution: approximately 1933-1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Bertha Lurey Elston
Contributor: Subject: Bertha Elston
Distributor: Reichszeugmeisterel der NSDAP
Biography: Bertha Lurey Elston was born in Chicago in 1910. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in December 1943, where she worked for the London edition of the newspaper Stars and Stripes. She attended officers candidate school and in July 1945 became second lieutenant. She was discharged in February 1946.

Language: German
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Armbands
Object Type: Armbands (lcsh)
Physical Description: Rectangular body constructed of red wool fabric with blue piping along top and bottom; on recto, at center is black swastika with yellow embroidered border sewn against white circular background with yellow embroidered border; on verso, rectangular paper label with text in blue and black ink that reads "DRZM / Hersteller: / A4343 / Reichszeugmeisterel der NSDAP. / H No 464472."
Dimensions: overall: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
Materials: overall : cloth, thread, paper, ink, adhesive

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by the Estate of Bertha Lurey Elston.