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Box 5

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

SS fezzes

 Item — Box: 5
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3; burgundy with skull and eagle (from Dachau).

Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Winterschlact im Osten (Ostmedaille), 1941-1942

 Item — Box: 5
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4 medals with ribbons, in original paper envelopes. Easter (Russian) front.

Dates: 1941-1942

Kriegs Berdienfifreuz 2. Klaffe mif Gchwerten, 1939

 Item — Box: 5
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7 medals with ribbons. War Merit Cross. In original paper envelopes.

Dates: 1939

Kuban shield, 1943

 Item — Box: 5
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Lagunen/Krymaskaja. Cut from uniforms. 6 medals.

Dates: 1943

Belt buckles and belt

 Item — Box: 5
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Luftwaffe belt buckle showing a flying eagle carrying a swastika. Wehrmacht Heer EM/NCO's belt buckle with leather tab; 1940 B. Harmann Ludensheid stamp on leather tab; attached to a woven belt made from D-Day parachute material. Hitler Youth (HJ) cast alloy belt buckle; RMS M/44 stamp on underside.

Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Armbands, patches and insignia

 File — Box: 5
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SS fabric patch insignia (black and white skull); Luftwaffe embroidered patch (gold on black fabric cut from uniform); Swastika armband; Reichsbahn armband; 2 NSDAP Nazi Party armbands; death's head/grinninng skull pennant; 5 embroidered Nazi eagles and swastikas and 5 cloth Third Reich inignias (cut from uniforms); 17 cloth Third Reich insignias with red dots, and a strip of red dots; two shoulder straps, one with pip.

Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Daggers

 File — Box: 5
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German Red Cross dagger/scabbard--DRK Hewer (marked 33, serrated edge and blunt tip). Luftwaffe dagger and scabbard (marked Robert Klass Solingen). German dress bayonet dagger (9.75" blade marked "Original Eickhorn Soligen").

Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Luftwaffe bayonet knot (Faustreimen)

 Item — Box: 5
Content Description From the Collection: The Harry K. Wolff Jr. papers document Lt. Wolff's experiences as a member of "C" Battery 120 AAA Gun Battalion, 3rd Army, 1942-1945. The papers include the letters sent by Wolff to his new wife, Natalie, that describe his experiences from basic training to combat to his time spent at Dachau guarding German prisoners and attending the War Crimes Trials. Wolff's nearly 500, virtually unredacted letters to his wife, included in the papers, describe in great detail his personal experiences, and...
Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

German canteen

 Item — Box: 5
Content Description From the Collection: The Harry K. Wolff Jr. papers document Lt. Wolff's experiences as a member of "C" Battery 120 AAA Gun Battalion, 3rd Army, 1942-1945. The papers include the letters sent by Wolff to his new wife, Natalie, that describe his experiences from basic training to combat to his time spent at Dachau guarding German prisoners and attending the War Crimes Trials. Wolff's nearly 500, virtually unredacted letters to his wife, included in the papers, describe in great detail his personal experiences, and...
Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Grenade and shrapnel fragments

 Item — Box: 5
Content Description From the Collection: The Harry K. Wolff Jr. papers document Lt. Wolff's experiences as a member of "C" Battery 120 AAA Gun Battalion, 3rd Army, 1942-1945. The papers include the letters sent by Wolff to his new wife, Natalie, that describe his experiences from basic training to combat to his time spent at Dachau guarding German prisoners and attending the War Crimes Trials. Wolff's nearly 500, virtually unredacted letters to his wife, included in the papers, describe in great detail his personal experiences, and...
Dates: 1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945