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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Military maneuvers

    Parade in Berlin, Polish Campaign, French Campaign

  2. Military button

    1. Giza and Leon Falik and Mildred Stern collection

    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.

  3. Military button

    1. Giza and Leon Falik and Mildred Stern collection

    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.

  4. Military button

    1. Giza and Leon Falik and Mildred Stern collection

    Round brass colored metal button with the word "U.S." 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.

  5. Military button

    1. Giza and Leon Falik and Mildred Stern collection

    Round metal button with the word "U.S." 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.

  6. Military map

    1. Peter Masters collection

    Map of Wesel, Germany used in Peter Master's service. Peter Masters (the donor's husband) [nee Arany] was a Viennese Jewish refugee who served in the British commandos. The color map was compiled and drawn by C.I.U. and the War Office, and photolithographed by the War Office, 1944.

  7. Military map

    1. Peter Masters collection

    Map of Germany used in Peter Master's service. Peter Masters (the donor's husband) [nee Arany] was a Viennese Jewish refugee who served in the British commandos. The color map depicts a section of Germany, photolithographed by O.S.1944. Stamps on the map identify it as having been updated with information relevant as of 16 March 1945. The scale is 1:25,000. The section of Germany is identified with the number 4305.

  9. German military

    Private films of German military. "Nach Paris 496 km"

  11. Military pass

    The pass allowed Edward Moses to enter and leave Dachau concentration camp at any time of the day or night. Passes were issued by the United States Army to help control the entrance and exit of people in the camp because of disease and the death rate of the prisoners.

  12. Military badge

    1. Oscar Schwartz collection

    The badge was found by Oscar Schwartz while in Germany with the Jewish Brigade.

  13. Military badge

    1. Oscar Schwartz collection

    Badge found by Oscar Schwartz while in Germany with the Jewish Brigade.

  14. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge made from shiny finish copper-alloy, round with embossed emblem of a circle with an attached wing-shape . Verso has two pin backs

  15. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge made from shiny finish copper-alloy, with an embossed emblem of a circle with an attached wing-shape . Verso has two pin backs

  16. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge made from copper-colored finish metal with an embossed emblem of a flying dragon and thunder bolt inside a shield shape with blue and red details. A banner underneath has "In Omni Elemente Vincemus." Verso has a pin back and "Pichl Klammer/Innsbruck"

  17. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge made from shiny finish copper-alloy, with an embossed emblem of a circle with an attached wing-shape . Verso has a pin back

  18. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge made from gold-colored finish metal with an embossed emblem of a flying dragon and thunder bolt inside a shield shape with blue and red details. A banner underneath has "In Omni Elemente Vincemus." Verso has a pin back and "Pichl Klammer/Innsbruck"

  19. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge with silver iron cross-shaped medal with two attached bars hanging below with "Carbine" and "Rifle." Verso has pin back and marked "Sterling."

  20. Military badge

    1. Daniel Lavering collection

    Collection of badges, bars and shoulder patches stored in a cloth and leather bag belonging to Charles Lavering, member of the 305 and 309 Ordinance Battalion, received during his service in World War II. Military badge with silver iron cross-shaped medal with bulls-eye center and two attached bars hanging below with "Rifle" and "Carbine." Verso has pin back and marked "Sterling"