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  • Other Name

    Circular metal ID disc, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, WW2 (descriptive name)

    35702525 Sgt. Lawrence Clifford Timberlake, 69th Infantry Division, United States Army (associated name)

  • Description

    Circular metal identity disc collected at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany in 1945 by 35702525 Sgt. Lawrence Clifford Timberlake, 69th Infantry Division, United States Army. Together with a punched oblong hole at the top of the badge for attachment, the obverse features a raised rim, and is inscribed 'K-L. Bu. 8456,' all impressed from the reverse.'K-L. Bu.' stands for 'Konzentrations-Lager Buchenwald' (Concentration Camp Buchenwald).

  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Associated Place

    Buchenwald/Germany

  • Accession Number
    2018.54.1
  • Accession Date
    24 Sep 2018
  • Department

    History

    War History

badge, identity / 2018.54.1 / © Auckland Museum CC BY

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  • badge, identity / 2018.54.1 / © Auckland Museum CC BY
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  • badge, identity / 2018.54.1 / © Auckland Museum CC BY

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