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Letter of commendation to No. 5 Signals Headquarters.
Inventory of the Donation
- Hand-knitted scarf
- Newspapers, including a SHAEF newsletter
- Pay and Service Book
- Letter of commendation
- Theatre programmes and various souvenir tickets
- Kriegsverdienstkreutz ohne schwere zweitte klasse (war merit cross
without swords 2nd class) and certificate
- German Army armband and badge
- Tape-recorded
German armband and badge
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Kriegsverdienstkreutz ohne schwere zweitte klasse (war merit cross without swords 2nd class) and certificate
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Above: Stamps to collect (for the war effort?) featuring messages
of Nazi propaganda.
The three on the right read, from top to bottom: "Victory at any price", "Use
all your strength! Total war - shortest war!", "He is to blame for
the war!" These were given to Margaret by the same friend in the Army Education
Corps who supplied the 'Iron Cross' certificate.
Newspaper announcing Victory in Europe
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Newspaper announcing the end of the war with the famous photograph of U.S. marines hoisting the Stars and Stripes at Iwo Jima.
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