WWI German Cross of Honor for War Participants

Object | Accession Number: 1995.123.2

Date: 1935 (issue)
1914-1918 (commemoration)
Geography: received : Geissen (Germany)
Classification: Military Insignia
Category: Medals
Object Type: Medals, German (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Harth and Rachel Harth

Physical Description: dark brown in a cross shape, imprinted "1914/1918" in center; attached to black, red and white striped ribbon
Dimensions: overall : 4.125 x 1.500 x 3.875 in. (10.477 x 3.81 x 9.843 cm.)
Materials: overall : metal, cloth
Inscription: "In the name of the Fuhrer and the Reichskaenzler, the Cross of Honor for War Participants was bestowed upon the Tailor Meier Harth in Giessen, according to the order on July 13, 1934 in memory of the World War 1914/1918, which was founded by the Reichs President Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenberg."
Contributor: Subject: Meier Harth
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Martin Harth, the son of Meier Harth.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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