Auction 104
Historical Militaria & Autographs
By Fairhill Auction LLC
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Feb 4, 2022
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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Join us for our February historical militaria and autograph auction featuring over 400 lots of historical militaria collectibles, documents, vintage autographs, Americana, and more.
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LOT 176:
RAVENSBRUCK FEMALE PRISONER NUMBER BADGE
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Sold for: $180
Start price:
$
70
Estimated price :
$140 - $200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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RAVENSBRUCK FEMALE PRISONER NUMBER BADGE
Prisoner number label for a female prisoner held at the Ravensbruck concentration camp, removed from a uniform or clothing, 2.25 x 3.75 inches, with stitching holes and frayed edges. The label bears the number 37400, identifying her as JOSEFA KADLECOVA, born 7.3.1898, in Chlum, Czechoslovakia, held at the Budweis prison, transferred to the Prag-Pankratz prison and transferred to the Gestapo prison 'Kleine Festung' (Small Fortress) at Theresienstadt on 11.2.1944 released for transport on 20.4.1944 to the concentration camp Ravensbruck in April of 1944, she was then transferred for forced labor to the subcamp Salzgitter-Watenstedt. In the Salzgitter-Wattenstedt concentration camp, the SS held around 3,500 concentration camp prisoners near the village of Leinde near Salzgitter-Wattenstedt. There they had been forced to work in the factory of Stahlwerke Braunschweig GmbH. Josefa Kadlecova was eventually liberated and survived.
