Joram Kagan collection

Identifier: irn95103
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Joram Kagan.

Scope and Content

The collection includes a Jewish police badge from Sosnowiec, Poland and a 100 zloty silver coin from Poland honoring Janusz Korczak.

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Jewish police badge from Sosnowiec, Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6992
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Badge; Jewish Police from Sosnowiec, brass hexagonal plate, painted blue around the edges, in the middle engraved Star of David, and "Alt Sosn" with letters, "O,R,S," on the arms of the star, engravings painted blue; around the edge etched, in German, "Ordnungsdienst," and in Polish, "Sluzba Porzadkowa"(Order Police).
100 zloty silver coin from Poland honoring Janusz Korczak
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn6993
- English
- 1978
- overall: Height: 1.260 inches (3.2 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Coin encased within plastic square container. Obverse, the head of Janusz Korczak and around it is written, "Janusz Korczak 1878 - 1942." Reverse, Polish eagle in the center and written around it "Polska Rzeczposopolita Ludowa (Polish People's Republic) 100 zl., 1978."