Varnished and stained, turned, lightweight, brown wooden gavel with a cylindrical handle with a knob end, with a short extension, then a recessed band that extends into a smooth handle that tapers, expands, then tapers to attach to the barrel shaped head. The head has a series of ridges and grooves and slightly rounded ends.
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The gavel was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by David H. Thomas II, the son of David H. Thomas.
overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
Gavel used by Lieutenant Colonel David H. Thomas to close the Dachau and Nordhausen war crimes trials in 1947. Col. Thomas was one of seven officers designated by the Headquarters of the European Command to constitute the court for the Kurt Andrae case. He was also a lawyer for the Judge Advocate General during the Dora war crimes trials.
Gavel used to close postwar Nordhausen war crimes trial