Armband
Object number2017.116.9
Date1920-1945
OriginGermany
MediumFabric
Credit LineIn memory of Edward Ruglovsky
DescriptionRed fabric Nazi armband. Circular red fabric sleeve that is rectangular when laid flat. Front has off-white fabric circle sewn at center featuring black fabric swastika. Single vertical seam on reverse at center.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.188 x 7.625 x 0.375 in. (10.6 x 19.4 x 1 cm)Historical NotesPart of a collection of items documenting Edward Ruglovsky’s WWII service in the 10th Infantry Regiment and his industrial career at U. S. Steel. Ed Ruglovksy was with 10th as a combat infantryman from January 1944 through the war’s end, and through the campaigns to take Western Europe – Rhineland, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, etc. Ruglovsky said it was “the worst place to be” and that he spent a “year being absolutely terrified.” Some of these things he acquired by trading Russian soldiers for them at the end of the war, which fits with the reality that combat infantryman – while in active combat – were not able to collect and save much, so acquiring items from another soldier at war’s end fits with Ruglovsky’s history of service.
Previous owner
Edward Ruglovsky
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
Related institution
10th Infantry Regiment
Related institution
Nazi Party
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1920-1945
1933-1945
1935-1945
1939-1945
c. 2022
1920-1945
1938-1945
