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Nazi Party Labor Day pin given to a US soldier by Goering during the War Crimes Trial

Object | Accession Number: 2014.309.1

Nazi Party Labor Day 1934 pin given to Jack Wheelis, then a Lieutenant in the US Army, by Herman Goering during his imprisonment at Nuremberg for the War Crimes Trial. Wheelis was the head of the guard detail assigned to Goering in the prison.

Date
commemoration:  1934
received:  1946
Geography
received: Nuremberg (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Lapel pins (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter B. Goldman

About This Object

Physical Description
Circular, bronze colored, metal pin. Top center has embossed head of a man in full face. The lower section of pin has embossed design of a sledge hammer, an eagle holding in its claws a wreath with a swastika in its center, and a sickle. German text is embossed around border at upper left and right, with numbers at bottom. Back has pin clasp attached with solder.
Dimensions
overall: | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
Materials
overall : metal
Inscription
front, upper left : TAG DER
front, upper right: ARBEIT
front, bottom center, in two sections: 1934

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The lapel pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Peter B. Goldman.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-05-27 12:51:31
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