us-005578-irn84170-irn560369
record resource extent: overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
title: Military button
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Round brass colored metal button with the word"U.S" Prongs for attaching to a uniform
type: RecordSet
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
archival history: The button was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Shelley Falik and Imy Wax, the children of Leon and Giza Falik.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn84170-irn560369/acquisitions/1
has record set type: Item
is or was included in: us-005578-irn84170
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn84170-irn560369/alternateIDs/1
identifier: irn560369
has or had holder: us-005578
scope and content: Round brass colored metal button with the word"U.S" Prongs for attaching to a uniform. The collection relates to the experiences of Mordche Lieb (Leon Falik), his wife Giza Sternchuss (later Falik), and Giza's sister Mildred Stern [Malka Sternchuss] in Poland before and during the Holocaust, when Leon fled Poland for the Soviet Union and Giza fled Tarnopol and became a partisan. Mildred left for the United States before the war where she joined the US Women's Army Corps.