Patch, Insignia
Object number2013.23.5
Datec. 1945
MediumNylon/Cotton
Credit LineGift of Gerald Ziskind
DescriptionBlack, white, and red embroidered patch on thick black cotton fragment. Image of a shovel blade. Superimposed over blade is the unit number.Dimensions4.25 x 3 in. (10.8 x 7.6 cm)InscriptionsSuperimposed over blade is the unit number "250 / 5".
MarksMaker's information on top edge: inside triangle: "F.A.I. / O"; outside triangle: "GES. GESOH [?] / G.& W".
Historical NotesPatch representing the German Reich Labour Service (or RAD: the Reichsarbeitsdienst). 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.
Related institution
Nazi Party
Related institution
Reich Labour Service
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