Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cane covered with metals used by member of German army during Second World War.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1933-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bernice Krinsky
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Personal equipment
- Object Type
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Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Wooden cane with a crooked handle, with medals adhered onto the staff.
b. Metal tag detached from cane. - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The cane was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Bernice Krinsky.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:28
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8782
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