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WWI Hindenburg Cross medal with attached red, white, and black ribbon

Object | Accession Number: 1993.125.1 c
1993.125.1_c front WWI Hindenburg Cross medal with attached red, white, and black ribbon Click to enlarge 1993.125.1_b-c front WWI Hindenburg Cross medal with attached red, white, and black ribbon Click to enlarge
Classification
Military Insignia
Category
Medals
Object Type
Medals, German (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Gela Jane Benton

About This Object

Physical Description
German World War I military medal
Dimensions
Height: 8.270 inches (21.006 cm) | Width: 11.420 inches (29.007 cm)
Materials
overall : metal

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by the Estate of Gela Jane Benton, via Glen R. Bernfield.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:51:16
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7216

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Gela Jane Benton message

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Document

Gela Jane Benton, wife of Erich Benton, received this coded message in the USA from her father in Germany. Erich and Gela Benton emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938. Mrs. Benton and her father had prearranged that this message would be sent if he was in danger. Mrs. Benton's father presumably perished during the Holocaust. Handwritten message reads (in translation): "The doll's father Peter said [words in shorthand] We are going far away. Greetings, Father."

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