Armband with a light blue background and a horizontal white line crossing it. At the center the horizontal line opens up in two diagonal lines and a white star of david is at the center
Armband with a light blue background and a horizontal white line crossing it. At the center the horizontal line opens up in two diagonal lines and a white star of david is at the center White armband written Kolonnenführer at the top center in black. On the bottom center is a star of david and the number 280, also in black.

Various Police Armbands

Undated. Armbands.

The first armband, in blue and white, belonged to a gate guard. The second is armband No. 280 of a “Column Leader” (Kolonnenführer).

Digitization of this artifact has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.

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Unless otherwise stated, all artifacts featured in the exhibition come from the YIVO's Archives and Library collections. Digitization of many of these materials has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.

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