German mountain rescue organization badge
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mark Esterman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Esterman. These publications were obtained in Germany in 1935 by Benjamin and Sophie Esterman, American citizens who were traveling in Europe, and visited Germany in order to see for themselves and to inform others where Nazism was going. They are donated in the same spirit to the Holocaust Museum by the children of Benjamin and Sophie Esterman and their families; to bear witness and to warn of the cruelty and danger of bigotry, racial prejudice, and hatred.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
shield-shaped badge attached to a pin; shield bears an abstract painted design of a green leaf superimposed over a blue mountain and white river; approximately the lower one-third of the recto is occupied by black painted Gothic text superimposed over green background, "Deutsche Bergwacht/ Deutsche/Lebens-Rettungs-Ges."
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object