Epaulet with yellow swastikas and black stripes found by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 1992.127.6

Overview

Brief Narrative: Epaulet with swastikas on ribbon found in a warehouse by Sidney Conners, while serving in the US Army, July 1944, Aachen, Germany.
Date: found: 1944 July
Geography: found: Aachen (Germany)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sidney and Phyllis Conners

Physical Details

Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Badges
Object Type: Epaulets (aat)
Physical Description: Brown velvet, fringe, gold ribbon patterned with small swastikas; metal attachment hooks; verso on paper tag: "HERSTELLER U4 21 K RZM (within a circle) REICHSZEUGMEISTEREI DER NSDAP 066465"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
Materials: overall : velvet, ribbon, metal

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Soldiers--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The epaulets were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Sydney and Phyllis Conners.

Record last modified:: 2024-05-03 14:47:06
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