William King collection

Identifier: irn49853
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 2012 by William King.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two medals related to the experiences of an unknown soldier in the Germany Army during World War II.

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Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 [Eastern Winter Campaign 1941/42 Medal]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72175
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Eastern Winter 1941-1942 Campaign Medal [Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42] issued to an unnamed German soldier for participation in the first winter campaign of Operation Barbarossa, the German offensive against the Soviet Union, November 15, 1941 - April 15, 1942. Sometimes known as the Ostmedaille (East Medal) or Russian Front Medal, it was introduced on May 26, 1942. The conquest of Russia had been a core aim of Hitler's since the 1920s: Germany needed the living space in Eastern Europe and it needed to eliminate the Communist threat, which to Hitler was also part of the worldwide Jewish ...
German Sudetenland Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the region by Nazi Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72177
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Commemorative medal awarded to an unnamed German soldier who participated in the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Germany. It depicts two male figures representing the Sudetenland being freed from its shackles by Nazi Germany. The Sudetenland was a region of Czechoslovakia on the border with Germany where the majority of the population were ethnic Germans. In 1938, Hitler threatened to go to war unless the territory was ceded to Germany. At a conference in Munich on September 29-30, attended by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, but not the democra...

William King collection

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Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 [Eastern Winter Campaign 1941/42 Medal]

German Sudetenland Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the region by Nazi Germany