Malcolm Vendig collection

Identifier: irn82335
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn82335

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Eleanor Hamlin Vendig, the wife of Malcom Vendig.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 2 badges found by Malcolm Vendig at Dachau concentration camp post-war.

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Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (Kroatische Nr. 1) collar tab acquired by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2645
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (Kroatische Nr. 1) collar tab brought back by Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, a soldier in Europe during World War II who served as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany, during the postwar US miliary occupation government.
Military patch found at Dachau by an American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2646
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Military insignia patch brought back by Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, a soldier in Europe during World War II who served as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany, during the postwar US miliary occupation government.

Malcolm Vendig collection

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Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (Kroatische Nr. 1) collar tab acquired by an American soldier

Military patch found at Dachau by an American soldier