Orban Wales Peters, Jr. collection

Identifier: irn670967
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn670967

Acquisition

THe collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Lynne Sullivan, daughter of Orban Wales Peters, Jr.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of military items of Orban Wales Peters, Jr. including uniform jacket, two hats, a helmet; “After Action Report” of the 914th artillery; Eighty-Ninth Division album; photographs of his unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; Correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes; selected copies of “The Rolling.” Correspondence from Margarete Lang Schweidler, from Germany, to her daughter Gretel Schweidler Holzer in the U.S. Her daughter, Anna Margarete Holzer married Orban Wales Peters, Jr. They are the parents of the donor.

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Displaying items 1 to 9 of 9

Cap
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676362
- English
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cap that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr
Cap
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676363
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Depth: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cap that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr
Helmet
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676364
- English
- overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Depth: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Helmet that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr
Map
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676512
- English
- overall: Height: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) | Width: 24.500 inches (62.23 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Map
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676513
- English
- overall: Height: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm) | Width: 28.375 inches (72.073 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Orban Wales Peters, Jr. papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn707838
- English
- folders oversize folders 5 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection includes “After Action Report” of the 914th artillery; photographs of Orban Wales Peters, Jr.'s unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes; correspondence from Margarete Lang Schweidler, from Germany, to her daughter Gretel Schweidler Holzer in the U.S. Her daughter, Anna Margarete Holzer married Orban Wales Peters, Jr. They are the parents of the donor.
Cap
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn707846
- English
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cap that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr
Cap
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn707847
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cap that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr
Uniform jacket
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn707848
- English
- overall: Height: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Width: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Uniform jacket that belonged to Orban Wales Peters, Jr