White cloth badge with 2 stencilled prisoner numbers retrieved by a US soldier
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 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 square cloth badge with the number 1 48903 stencilled twice 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
Square white cotton badge with the same number stencilled in black ink near the top and the bottom edges. The edges are unfinished.
front, stencilled, black ink : 1 48903 / 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--Campaigns--Western Front.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object
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