Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal
- Date
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commemoration:
1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
- Geography
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received:
Geissen (Germany)
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Harth and Rachel Harth
Medal received by German veteran of First World War; Received by Meier Harth, who served in the German Army the First World War and was honored with this medal in Geissen, Germany, in March 1935.
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Also in This Collection
Brush imprinted with advertisement of German custom tailor shop
Object
Brush received by each customer that purchased a suit or coat from Meier Harth.
Martin Harth collection
Document
The Martin Harth collection consists of a certificate issued to Meier Harth, a German Jewish Veteran of World War I, in Giessen, Germany, on July 13, 1934. Written on the side, in pencil (translation): "The enclosed Ehren Kreuz (Honor Medal)/may have helped my father's release [from a concentration camp]." Also includes a photograph of Meier Harth, seated, with an open book in his lap.