Overview
- Brief Narrative
- White armband supporting the German Wehrmacht brought back from Europe by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion and associated with a letter from November 15, 1944.
- Date
-
found:
1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deborah Kaplan
- Markings
- black ink : Im Dienst der Deutschen Wehrmacht [In the service of the German Wehrmacht]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
-
Identifying Artifacts
- Category
-
Armbands
- Object Type
-
Armbands (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White cloth armband with German tex in black ink.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army. Medical Corps
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Deborah Kaplan, the daughter of Robert Kaplan.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:21:47
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Also in Robert I. Kaplan collection
The collection consists of an armband, currency, flags, insignia, ration stamps, silhouette, correspondence, clippings, documents, fliers and ration cards relating to the experiences of Robert I. Kaplan, a captain and medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, who served overseas during World War II.
Date: 1944-1945
Robert I. Kaplan papers
Document
The collection contains letters written by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in Company D of the 110th Medical Battalion attached to the 35th Infantry Division, to his wife Beatrice in Camden, New Jersey along with a small amount of photographs and issues of Stars & Stripes newspaper. His letters span May 1944 through September 1945 and describe daily army life, first in England, then France, Holland, and Germany. He describes his visit to the Dachau concentration camp in a letter dated 17 August 1945. Many letters also include enclosures primarily of clippings and pamphlets, and newsletters. He also enclosed copies of Stars & Stripes newspaper. Included is a non-sequential run from July 1944-March 1945. The photographs include depictions of Dachau; the barn massacre of prisoners at Gardelegen, Germany in April 1945; and Hitler’s bunker in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
French flag brought back by an American soldier
Object
Small French flag brought back from Europe by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion associated with a letter from August 13, 1944.
Belgian flag brought back by an American soldier
Object
Small Belgian flag brought back from Europe by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter dated August 18, 1944.
Collar tab acquired by an American soldier
Object
Collar tab acquired by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter from June 13, 1944.
Patch with an eagle insignia belonging to an American soldier
Object
Badge with an eagle insignia belonging to Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter from July 25, 1944.
Allied Military Authority currency, 5 francs, for use in France, acquired by a US soldier
Object
Allied military currency, 5 francs, issued for use in occupied France acquired by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter dated June 13, 1944.
Allied Military Authority currency, 10 francs, for use in France, acquired by a US soldier
Object
Allied military currency, 10 francs, issued for use in occupied France acquired by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter dated June 13, 1944.
7 German food ration stamps acquired by an American soldier
Object
Seven ration stamps acquired by Captain Robert I. Kaplan, a medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, associated with a letter from August 4, 1944. Letter from August 4, 1944.
