Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Pair of black leather half chaps which were worn with short boots to protect the lower legs, inscribed with a name and a German city. They are similar to gaiters made in 1920, but they are undated.
- Date
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undated:
- Geography
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use:
Deiderode (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Footwear
- Object Type
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Gaiters (aat)
- Physical Description
- a. Dyed black leather right gaiter made from 1 stiff piece of leather, shaped for a calf and wider toward the top. The edges overlap at the front for an opening with top and bottom fasteners. A 4 hole black leather strap is threaded through a slot on each top side. It fastens to a silver colored metal buckle at the end of a looped black leather tab on the inner layer. At the bottom is a metal hook that inserts into a bar on the interior. The interior is unfinished brown leather, with a layer of unfinished brown leather reinforcing the bottom quarter. There is handwritten text on the interior.
b. Dyed black leather left gaiter made from 1 stiff piece of leather, shaped for a calf and wider toward the top. The edges overlap at the front for an opening with top and bottom fasteners. A 4 hole black leather strap is threaded through a slot on each top side. It fastens to a silver colored metal buckle at the end of a looped black leather tab on the inner layer. At the bottom is a metal hook that inserts into a bar on the interior. The interior is unfinished brown leather, with a layer of unfinished brown leather reinforcing the bottom quarter. There is handwritten text on the interior. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
b: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) - Materials
- a : leather, metal, paint, dye, thread, ink
b : leather, metal, paint, dye, thread, ink - Inscription
- a. interior, handwritten, black ink : Ruthan Erdmann / 20 Deiderode / Bez. Gottingen
b. interior, handwritten, black ink : Ruthan Erdmann / 20 Deiderode / Bez.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Footwear--Germany--20th century--Specimens.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The gaiters were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-09 14:18:29
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