The artifacts series contains items that indicate important milestones in the lives of the members of the Kohnstamm-Reich family. The pocketbook belonged to an earlier generation of the family, perhaps a parent of patriarch and pioneering neurophysiologist Johannes Gad. The ring, link bracelet, and Iron Cross are all from the WWI era, when the family changed permanently, gaining some (Joseph Reich) and losing others (Rudi Kohnstamm, Oskar Kohnstamm, and Johannes Gad Jr.). The war ration book is from WWII, another era of upheaval for the family, when necessary immigration caused them to split. Lastly, the medal of confirmation from 1980 was given to Anneliese Kohnstamm Reich upon her return to her hometown, where she was able to visit again near the end of her life.