Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Iron Cross that may have been awarded to Franz Schneider, a policeman in the German auxiliary police force in the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the former Czechoslovakia.
- Date
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commemoration:
1939-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Christine D. Carnahan
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black painted metal alloy cross pattee style medal with a silver colored reeded border on the front. The front is embossed with a swastika in the center, and the year the award was reinstituted, 1939, in the bottom arm. The reverse is embossed with the year of first issue, 1813, in the bottom arm. There is a loop on the top arm with a suspension ring.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : 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 Iron Cross was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Christine Carnahan.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-20 15:13:58
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561164
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