Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Dutch medal with box and certificate. The medal was issued in 1995 by De Nederlandse Munt.
- Date
-
issue:
1995
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alan Cornell
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Awards
- Category
-
Medals
- Object Type
-
Medals, Dutch (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a: medal
b: box
c: certificate - Dimensions
- a: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
c: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) - Materials
- a : silver, plastic
b : plastic, felt, ink
c : 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 medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Alan Cornell.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:02
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn626416
Download & Licensing
In-Person Research
- By Appointment
- Request 21 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
- Request to See This Object
Contact Us
Also in Adler and Cohn families collection
Materials related to the Adler and Cohn (later Cornell) families including a photo, photo album, postcard album, album of Dutch documents, documents, poems, a handmade painted flower, a Dutch medal, cookbooks, a brochure and commemorative materials related to Bad Mergentheim, Germany, and papers related to honoring Jan Sprey as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem and by the government of The Netherlands. Also includes a letter to Bad Mergentheim regarding the Stolpersteine petition.
Adler and Cohn families papers
Document
Documents, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Ernst and Frieda Cohn, who left Münster, Germany for Amsterdam in 1938, and were hidden in the Netherlands from 1942-1945. Includes correspondence regarding Ernst and Frieda’s efforts to have Jan Spreij honored as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem. The biographical material consists of German passports and immigration documents of Aron and Louise Adler, identification papers of Ernst and Frieda Cohn, a baby announcement and poem regarding Alan Cohn’s birth, handwritten cookbooks belonging to Frieda and Lina Kaufmann, poems and booklet for Ernst and Frieda’s wedding, memorial book for Ida Kaufmann, birth certificate for Simon Kaufmann, brochure and commemorative materials related to Bad Mergentheim including a letter by Alan regarding the Stolpersteine petition, and correspondence regarding Ernst and Frieda’s efforts to have Jan Spreij honored as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem. The photograph albums and scrapbooks include a pre-war photograph album of Frieda’s, a scrapbook with wartime documents of Ernst and Frieda’s from the Netherlands, and a postcard scrapbook with pre-war postcards displayed for their artwork.
Handmade painted flower
Object