us-005578-irn84170-irn560369
type: RecordSet
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.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Round brass colored metal button with the word"U.S" Prongs for attaching to a uniform
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn560369
is or was included in: us-005578-irn84170
record resource extent: overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
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.
title: Military button