Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The medal is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
- Date
-
issue:
1939
acquired: after 1944
- Geography
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issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Iris Kent Benyishay, Judy Kent Galiato and Dorothy Kent
- Markings
- back, center, embossed : 1939
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Maltese-style cross medal suspended from a grosgrain ribbon with a wide, black center stripe flanked by white and red stripes. There is an embossed, canted swastika at the center of the medal ringed by a circular laurel leaf wreath. There is a raised border around the edges of the medal, and on the back is an embossed year.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, ribbon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Germany United States.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Iris Kent Benyishay, Judy Kent Galioto and Dorothy Kent, the daughters of Harry S. Kent.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:54:41
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn736903
Also in Nazi party documents, correspondence and artifacts collection
The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and artifacts relating to several high ranking Nazi party members and likely collected as evidence by the US Army after World War II (1939-1945).
Date: 1933-1945
Nazi party documents and correspondence
Document
The materials consist of documents and correspondence of high ranking Nazi party members , which was likely collected as evidence by the US Army following World War II (1939-1945). The materials were acquired by Harry S. Kent (born Siegmund Katz), a Viennese Jewish refugee who returned to Europe as a soldier with the United States Army.
Nazi pennant bearing a Parteiadler retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent
Object
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Sudetenland medal, ribbon, and Prague Castle Bar retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent
Object
The medal is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
Enameled stick pin bearing a swastika retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent
Object
The stick pin is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
Blank diplomatic ausweis document retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent
Object
The blank diplomatic ausweiss is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
