Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Acquired by Herbert Kaufman while serving in the Army, Germany.
- Date
-
issue:
1936
- Geography
-
acquired:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Herbert Kaufman
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
-
Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Sports--Medals (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Medal for 1936 Olympic Games; recto, Nazi insignia and five Olympic rings, date on face "1936"; inscribed on reverse of medal are the following words: "Fur/Vierdiensvolle/Mitarbeit/beiden/Olympischen/Spielen/1936"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.270 inches (8.306 cm) | Width: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm) | Depth: 0.080 inches (0.203 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, cloth, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Meeting Name
- Olympic Games (11th: 1936: Berlin, Germany)--Medals.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Herbert Kaufman.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:35:30
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8839
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Object
Acquired by Herbert Kaufman while serving in the Army, Germany.
