WHW - Winterhilfswerk

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Next is a glass Rune pendant, although only string for hanging it loyally around your neck or to tie it to a button.

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Next is something from the very first WHW drive, sold in Jan '34, a "Schützt die Familie - wir Opfern" badge.

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Next up is my 2WHW-7RSS Adler auf Kranz (Eagle on wreath) badge, which was sold on the 23rd and 24th May, 1935. It has WHW 1934-35 written on the badge to denote the 2WHW or 2nd winter charity drive for the Winter of '34/'35. 8,181,155 pieces were produced in Idar-Oberstein.

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Next up is my 3KWHW-RSS Heroische Embleme obverse, number 3 in a set of 3. They were sold on the 28th and 29th March, 1942 by members of the NSKOV, NSRKB, DRK and RTB.

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Up next is my 6WHW,5RSS Tiere (animals) collection. There was 10 in the set, I am missing #4 - Katze (cat). They were sold on the 4th and 5th of February, 1939 by members of the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. There were 26,789,547 pieces made in Oberstein, Pforzheim, Hanau and Schwäbisch-Gmünd.

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Next up is a great plastic WHW badge, with the message "Ein Volk hilft sich selbst!", which, IIRC, means a people helps themselves

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Next up is my 4KWHW,3RSS Deutscher Bauernhäser, this time number 3 of 12, Friesland

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Next is my Kreistag des Rhonkreises d. NSDAP i Fulda 2 u 3.11.35 tinnie, excellent relief work, a very attractive tinnie.

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Next up is my 3KWHW-RSS Heroische Embleme obverse, number 2 in a set of 3. They were sold on the 28th and 29th March, 1942 by members of the NSKOV, NSRKB, DRK and RTB.

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Here is the complete set of 2KWHW, RSS Tag der Polizei (Police Day) Verkehrszeichen, or traffic signs. This is an identical set that was sold pre-war, the difference being that this wartime set is made from the lesser grade zinc, rather than the previously used light alloy, a reflection on the restrictions of essential metals for the war effort. They were sold on the 15th and 16th of February, 1941, by the Polizei and TN, or Technische Nothilfe, or emergency technical help units.

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Hello,

A very interesting piece, I have two of these collection cans. Both about 105mm in diameter and 170mm tall. One has the handle like a mug, the other like a bucket, (loop over the top). Both have lockable lid with 8mm hole for pushing rolled up notes. A 30 x 3mm slot for coins, this has a swinging flap to prevent coins being flipped back out. Inside is another set of one way jaws to prevent coins being flipped back. Each can has a number embossed above the coin slot, and the words 'paper geld around the notes hole. Also embossed is the 'Gau' around the base, and makers embossed on the underside. 'M.Westerman & co. Neehin, rhur,


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