Military button
Extent and Medium
overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Archival History
The button was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Shelley Falik and Imy Wax, the children of Leon and Giza Falik.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shelley Falik and Imy Wax
Scope and Content
Round brass colored metal button with the image of a soldier in profile. Prongs for attaching to a uniform The collection relates to the experiences of Mordche Lieb (Leon Falik), his wife Giza Sternchuss (later Falik), and Giza's sister Mildred Stern [Malka Sternchuss] in Poland before and during the Holocaust, when Leon fled Poland for the Soviet Union and Giza fled Tarnopol and became a partisan. Mildred left for the United States before the war where she joined the US Women's Army Corps.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Round brass colored metal button with the image of a soldier in profile. Prongs for attaching to a uniform
Genre
- Military Insignia
- Object