Physical Description: 0.2 Linear feet(1 specimen box section)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains various realia items collected by Cpl. Claude Z. Watt, USA during the Second World War. Included are
four handkerchiefs, ten military uniform patches, one military uniform decorative cord, one handstitched French flag, one
metal match case with six matches, one knitted or crocheted antimacassar "trench art" with the letter "W" for Watt, one red
arm band with Nazi swaztika, one Nazi uniform metal cap pin eagle with swaztika, one Nazi knife, two Nazi medals, and one
plastic bag filled with sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, France.
The four handkerchiefs include: one white with red US Army emblem and "Remember Me," one blue plaid with white Arc d'Triomphe
and "From Paris, To my Dear Mother," one pink with Belgian flag and "Liberté!", and one powder blue with "RAF, Souvenir de
France" and a winged emblem with the Free French Forces cross.
The uniform patches include: one blue with white, eight-pointed star US Army 8th Service Command SSI shoulder patch, one red,
white and blue patch in the shape of a shield, two 5th Armored Division patches (second one was added 9/29/2021), one piece
of green fabric with an emblem of a rooster over a pentagram, one 9th Air Force patch, one Army Air Forces patch, one 8th
Air Force patch, one 7th Army patch, and one US Forces, European Theater patch (flaming sword and rainbow; blue background
instead of black signifies post-August 2, 1945). The military uniform cord is gold with bullet-shaped metal ends and a metal
clasp emblem of the 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
The knife is folded with bronze handle with decorative reliefs. One side says "Deutschland erwacht" (Germany Awakes) and the
other has an image of Adolf Hitler with his name engraved at the bottom.
The medals iniclude: one Bronze Cross of Honour of the German Mother with blue and white ribbon and cross containing swaztika
and the words "Der Deutschen Mutter," engraved on the back with "16 Dezember 1938" and a signature; one Knight's Cross of
the Iron Cross.
Also included are two small leather wallets, one containing torn up pieces of foreign currency, of "Banque d'etat du Maroc,"
the central bank in Morocco. There are two 5 Franc bills, "cinq francs."
The plastic bag of sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, France was added on 9/29/2021.