Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The War Merit Cross Second Class Medal with swords (Medal Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) is part of a collection that consists of personal papers, identification papers, and military records related to the Jahns/ Berther family.
- Date
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commemoration:
1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elke Gryglewski
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
- Bronze colored medal with black, white and orange ribbon. The medal is in the shape of an iron cross with crossed swords and the date 1939 in the center of one side and a swastika in the center of the other side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 4.429 inches (11.25 cm) | Width: 1.969 inches (5.001 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, ribbon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Elke Gryglewski.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-06 14:05:36
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Also in Jahns and Berther families collection
The collection consists of two medals, personal papers, identification papers, and military records related to the Jahns/ Berther family and their experiences during World War II.
Jahns and Berther families papers
Document
Personal papers of family Jahns/Berther: - Passport Reisepass Deutsches Reich of Magdalena Berther, born 23.9.194 in Augsburg issued Augsburg 28.5.1935; later married Jahns, wife of Arnold Jahns - Soldier’s log Soldbuch zugleich Personalausweis Luftwaffe of Arnold Jahns, born 12.10.1911 in Kreising, Kreis Posen; 3 documents from the Nazi era and a Certificate of Discharge from 28.2.1946 are enclosed. - Certificate on the award of the Iron Cross 2nd class (Urkunde Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse) to Lt. Arnold Jahns from 18.2.1945 - Original document, handwritten “Erklärung der Evangelischen Kirche“, Reformation Day 1937 (31.10.) Maps: - „Ostpreussen – Eckpfeiler Europas“, [ed. by Landsmannschaft Ostpreussen, after 1945]. - „Ostpreußen in den Grenzen von 1937“, ed. by Amtliche Anstalt für Kategorie und Kartendruck, 1955.
Service medal awarded to a member of the Jahns family
Object
The service medal (Medal Dienstauszeichnung für 4 Jahre Dienst in Wehrmacht) is part of a collection that consists of personal papers, identification papers, and military records related to the Jahns/ Berther family.
