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US Army Combat Medical award pin
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Medal that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. This pin was awarded to medical personnel who served under fire in a battle situation with a unit engaged in active combat. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
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- Title: US Army Combat Medical award pin
- Provenance: The combat medic pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Lynn Brunskill.
- Subject Keywords: Soldiers--United States. Jewish soldiers--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- Type: Military Insignia
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Oval, silver colored metal pin. Center design has a stretcher crossed by a caduceus. The stretcher extends beyond both edges. Set over the stretcher is a staff with two snakes intertwined around it. The staff is topped by a cross positioned above unfurled feathered wings and bordered by an oak wreath. There are 2 holes near the bottom edge. A pin is soldered onto the center back.
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