us-005578-irn550755-irn555277
type: RecordSet
archival history: The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jason P. Halpern and Barbara H. Katz, children of Myron Halpern.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular red cloth flag with a white cloth circle with a black swastika inside sewn to the center of both sides. There are multiple signatures in black and blue ink within the circle, around the swastika, on 1 side. A 75th Infantry Division patch is sewn on the center of the swastika.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1944 December-1944
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn555277
is or was included in: us-005578-irn550755
record resource extent: overall: Height: 30.625 inches (77.788 cm) | Width: 36.500 inches (92.71 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: German flag with a swastika on a white circle captured by Myron Halpern with his fellow soldiers of the 75th Infantry Division, United States Army, during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. The flag was signed by all platoon members. A 75th Division insignia patch was sewn in the center of the swastika by a captured German soldier held as a prisoner of war, who was a tailor.
title: German flag signed by 75th Infantry Division members