Nazi labor service badge
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm)
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mark Esterman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Esterman. These publications were obtained in Germany in 1935 by Benjamin and Sophie Esterman, American citizens who were traveling in Europe, and visited Germany in order to see for themselves and to inform others where Nazism was going. They are donated in the same spirit to the Holocaust Museum by the children of Benjamin and Sophie Esterman and their families; to bear witness and to warn of the cruelty and danger of bigotry, racial prejudice, and hatred.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
triangular; copper alloy; recto apex of triangle, bears raised image of swastika; lower edge bears three raised surfaces framing inscribed text, "ARBEITSSCHLACHT/GAU BAYR./OSTMARK"; verso: safety pin soldered horizontally to badge
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts