White cloth badge with a stencilled prisoner number retrieved by a US soldier
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm)
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Edward Kaluski.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edward Kaluski
Scope and Content
White rectangular cloth badge with a stencilled prisoner number, 1 48903, found by Edward Kaluski at Dachau concentration camp after its liberation in April 1945. Kaluski was a soldier in the United States Army who visited the camp after its April 29 liberation by US forces.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular white cotton badge with a number stenciled in black ink. The edges are unfinished and there is white thread attached which may have been used to sew it to a uniform.
front, stencilled, black ink : 1 48903
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th
Subjects
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object