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  • Unknown

    • Title

  • WWI artifacts from the Schickler-Rosenbaum family collection

  • Physical Description

    5 items : various metals, silk paper ; varies

  • Date

    1914-1935

  • Summary

    2022.13a: Für Österreich commemorative World War I medal, features an image of an eagle with a shield in its talons. On the other side are the dates 1914-1918 surrounded by a laurel wreath. The medal is attached to white ribbon with red stripes. This medal was awarded to Max Lamm.

    2022.13b: Envelope for the Für Österreich commemorative World War I medal, addressed to Max Lamm. The envelope is stamped with the serial number 78833 and the date 1935, and it also features two Austrian postage stamps.

    2022.13c: Für Österreich cufflink, features an image of an eagle with a shield in its talons. One the other side is stamped Münzamt Wien

    2022.13d-e: Two silk ribbons with white, black, and red stripes.

  • Subject

    World War, 1939-1945; Badges

  • Genre

    Military decorations; Identifying artifacts

  • Medium

    Medals; Objects; Accessories

  • Part Of

    Schickler-Rosenbaum family collection, AR 25736

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Biographical/Historical Information

Harry Schickler was born on March 17th, 1894, the son of Adolf Schickler and Hulda née Levie. In 1915 Harry joined the German army to serve in World War I. He was recruited in Hanover in the 2nd reserve battalion of the 73rd infantry regiment, and he was trained before being transported to the eastern front in Russia. His unit was moved around the front several times. During that period Harry became sick with dysentery and after his recovery he was injured for the first time in December 1916 by mine splinters. In spring 1917 his unit was relocated to the western front in France. There Harry was involved in many combat actions. He was wounded two more times, first by a grenade and a second time by a shot in his arm, resulting in heavy bleeding and his transfer to a hospital in Germany, where he stayed until the end of the war. For his bravery Harry was promoted twice and received the Iron Cross 2nd class. After his recovery Harry went back to Lüneburg, where he took over his father’s business in 1928. He married Else Katzenstein and they had two daughters, Edith (later Rosenbaum) and Marga.

During ‘Kristallnacht’, November 9th, 1938, the house with the Schicklers home and store was set on fire and Harry was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen. After his release, Harry emigrated to New York, and in August of the same year, his wife and two daughters followed. Harry’s parents, Adolf and Hulda Schickler, were deported to Theresienstadt in 1943; Adolf Schickler died during the transport, and Hulda Schickler died in the camp from malnutrition in 1944. In New York Harry Schickler owned a deli in Washington Heights, where he and his wife lived in the same apartment building as their daughters, Marga and Edith, as well as Edith’s husband Werner Rosenbaum and Werner’s mother Betty. Harry Schickler died on November 11th, 1976 in New York.

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Unknown: WWI artifacts from the Schickler-Rosenbaum family collection, Leo Baeck Institute, 2022.13a-e.