SS uniform collar tab found at Dachau by an American soldier

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Captain Malcolm A. Vendig served in the 83rd Infantry Division, United States Army, in Europe during World War II. After the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in Germany by US troops in April 1945, Vendig was appointed military governor of Dachau Landkreis. 
The SS uniform collar tabs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Eleanor Vendig. 
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SS uniform collar tab found at Dachau by an American soldier 
overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) 
SS uniform collar tabs brought back by Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, a soldier in Europe during World War II who served as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany, during the postwar US miliary occupation government. 
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SS uniform patch. 

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