Razor blades issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag

The razor blades were donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Rolland Pearce. 

Razor blades issued to a US soldier while held as a POW in a German Stalag 

a: Height: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) c: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) d: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) e: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) f: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) g: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) h: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) 

Razor blades issued to 23 year old Rolland Pearce, an US airman, while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. On February 6, the camp was evacuated due to approaching Soviet forces. Rolland and the other prisoners were sent on a forced march that came to be known as the Black March, because of the brutal conditions and treatment. The march lasted 86 days, until early April, when they reached Fallingbostel, Germany, and Stalag 357, about forty miles away. 

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a= box, brown cardboard, preprinted inscription on top and bottom,"Tuckmar/Rasierklingen/Starke 0.10 mm"; on both sides,"Das Stuck 6 Pfg" and on one side,"10 Klinge"; b-h= 7 razor blades wrapped in paper (contained in box).