The Duane V. Retzloff Collection consists of one ceramic roof tile from Freudental, Liebental Region, Ukraine. Duane Retzloff was presented with the piece of tile by Tatanya Pylypenko in May of 2008 while Duane was on the GHRC’s Journey to the Homeland Tour. The tile came from an old German home in Freudental (now Myrnoye), Ukraine.

The tile fragment measures 11 ¼” x 5 ¼” x 2” and has a yellow-buff glaze on two sides. The rest is an unglazed, putty gray. On the face of the tile, there is a 2 ½” wide cove at the center. One edge of the tile is recessed with two parallel grooves along the edge. The opposite edge has a slightly raised bar widening at the end. The back has a shallow groove along the center line and a double, semicircular design at one edge. The tile is made from yellow clay.