Armband with embroidered red cross used by US Army medic

Identifier
irn517576
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.416.3
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517576

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)

Creator(s)

  • Irving H. Rosenberg (Subject)

Biographical History

Irving H. Rosenberg, born in 1908 and from Brooklyn, New York, enlisted in the United States Army in November 1941. He served as a medic in the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, 4th Armored Division, during World War II. Rosenberg was deployed to France in 1944 and saw action in France and Germany. His battalion is known for its role in the Battle of the Bulge and for the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, in Germany. Rosenberg was wounded in the line of duty during the war and twice commended for his courage and devotion to duty during combat in France in September 1944. Rosenberg is believed to have died in Essex, New Jersey, in the 1980s.

Archival History

The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Lynn Brunskill.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lynn Brunskill

Scope and Content

Armband that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg, who served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Rectangular, aged white cloth armband with a large red cross hand stitched in the center front. The back has a vertical seam where the cloth edges are sewn together.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th
  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • Medical personnel
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
  • Soldiers--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Genre

  • Object
  • Identifying Artifacts
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