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Armband, Political

Object number2013.23.12

Datec. 1945

MediumCotton

Credit LineGift of Gerald Ziskind

DescriptionWhite cotton rectangular band with one cotton tie on each corner. Printed German text in black; blue stamp to the bottom left.Dimensions4 x 11 in. (10.2 x 27.9 cm)
InscriptionsPrinted in black: "FELDGENDARMERIE / ROM"; blue stamp to the bottom left.
Historical NotesThe Feldgendarmerie were the uniformed military police units of the armies of the German Empire (including the Wehrmacht) from 1810 in Saxony until the conclusion of World War II. Rom is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Part of a collection of WWII insignia patches and ribbon insignia, Pittsburgh High School, Department of Hygiene medals and a political armband that document the Ziskind family and compliments their archival collection in the Rauh Jewish archives and the book Brothers Three by Colonel Jack Ziskind also in the HHC archives. The three brothers all served in Europe during WWII. They grew up in the Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Their sister Zelda went to medical school and “delivered half the babies in East Liberty” according to the brothers.

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