Don Stanton collection

Identifier: irn39621
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39621

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Trudy Stanton, the widow of Don Stanton.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Don Stanton as a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

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Displaying items 1 to 16 of 16

German wooden ammunition box acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47852
- English
- Height: 7.120 inches (18.085 cm) | Width: 19.120 inches (48.565 cm) | Depth: 14.120 inches (35.865 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German ammunition box brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
German military dagger and sheath acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47877
- English
- a: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) b: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi knife and sheath brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Metal swastika shaped pin acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47879
- English
- Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver metal pin with swastika brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
German medal with Reichsadler
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47880
- English
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi eagle with swastika clutched in talons with oak wreath brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Medal and chain acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47882
- English
- a: Height: 4.380 inches (11.125 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi medal and chain brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Military cap acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47883
- English
- Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Depth: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Military cap brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47893
- English
- Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 7.620 inches (19.355 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47894
- English
- Height: 4.120 inches (10.465 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi armband acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47895
- English
- Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi armband brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Large Nazi National War flag acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47896
- English
- Height: 57.874 inches (147 cm) | Width: 94.488 inches (240 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Large Nazi National War flag, or Reichskriegsflagge, brought back to the United States around 1945 by Don Stanton (1924-1995), a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The flag bears a canted swastika at the center and a black Iron Cross in the canton or top left quadrant. On the back of the flag, a marking with a Nazi eagle over a capital M indicates the flag was Kriegsmarine, or German War Navy, approved. Additional markings indicate the flag was manufactured in occupied Bielitz (now Bielsko-Biała, Poland) at the siezed textile...
Japanese flag signed by US soldiers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47897
- English
- Height: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) | Width: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Japanese flag brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Nazi Party badge acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47899
- English
- Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Badge embroidered with blue and white arrows acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47900
- English
- Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Badge with a gold 7 on a red and white star acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47901
- English
- Diameter: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Square black patch with an embroidered blue star acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47902
- English
- Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small star badge brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.
Bullet acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47903
- English
- Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Diameter: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ammunition brought back to the United States by Don Stanton.