Overview
- Brief Narrative
- German military collar badge found by Staff Sergeant Arthur Krockey on the body of a dead German soldier, Germany.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sherry Wolf
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Gorgets (Military insignia) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Velvet; cut on a slight diagonal; bound with light blue fabric cord (stitched to edges); yellow satin strip stitch across bottom; 5 metal pins attached to patch with metal fasteners (piercing through back): top pin is German National Insignia, 4 small diamond shaped 3-dimensional pins below in 2 rows with German National Insignia on top; canvas (?) backing, paper tag: white with light blue printing ("RZM" upper left), purple ink stamp, Upper right "264", black, lower center "No 409189"; preprinting in German, center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Materials
- overall : velvet, satin, canvas, metal, paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Sherry Wolf, the daughter of Arthur Krockey.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-30 16:19:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5958