Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Prisoner of War identification bracelet issued to Lewis Lax by the International Red Cross in 1944. Law was interned by the Germans in Stalag 10B from fall 1944 until liberation in spring 1945.
- Date
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issue:
1944
use: 1944-1945
- Geography
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issue:
Sandbostel (Concentration camp);
Sandbostel, Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lewis Lax
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Identification bracelets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular metal tag with rounded corners and holes punched in 3 sides with the original rope looped through 2 holes, then tied. There are 5 cut-out slots in the center and 6 lines with text and numbers engraved on one side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm) | Width: 2.370 inches (6.02 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, flax, paint
- Inscription
- front, engraved : K GF LG XB / Nr ./ 220694 / K GF LG XB / [J?]UN / 220694
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The identification bracelet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Lewis Lax.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-08 14:28:10
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5712
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