Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Mess kit metal bottle with cork cap and matching metal cup owned by Andor Lányi.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ágnes Lányi
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Drinking vessels
- Object Type
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Canteens (Beverage containers) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- 3 part mess kit; the base of the bottle nests inside the cup for storage.
a. Metal bottle with a leather strap around the neck.
b. Metla and cork cap for bottle.
c. Metal cup with a handle that folds flat against the side for storage. There is an attached metal strap. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
b: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
c: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) - Materials
- overall : metal
a : leather
b : metal, cork
c : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The mess kit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Ágnes Lányi.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-12 13:20:51
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn554037
Also in Lányi family collection
The collection consists of a bottle and cup, mess kit, pot, ribbon, spool of thread, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Lanyi family of Budapest, Hungary.
Lányi family photographs
Document
The collection consists of two family photographs depicting Jeno Czeisel and Andor Lányi.
Blue and white ribbon from Lanyi family store
Object
Blue and white ribbon marked with the names Lányi and Czeisel and used in the family shop in Hungary.