SS badge acquired by a Signal Corps photographer

Identifier
irn531619
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.401.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn531619

Extent and Medium

overall: | Diameter: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)

Archival History

The SS patch was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Donald Hershey in 2016.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald Hershey

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Circular cloth patch with a black embroidered SS on a white field with a black embroidered double line border.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Personal narratives, American.
  • War photographers--United States--Biography.
  • Soldiers--United States--Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau--Liberation--Personal narratives, American.

Genre

  • Object
  • Identifying Artifacts
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.