German Charity Badge
$48.00
1 in stock
Description
German WHW Winter Charity Relief ‘Tinnie’ Badge dated 1939. Made from heavy pressed paper, it has a silver pressed foil covering over the top. There is a little part of this foil covering missing from the centre rim of the Wehrmacht soldiers helmet. During the 1930’s & 1940’s in Germany charity badges were sold for a few pfennigs to raise funds for those in need & later to support the war effort. These charity badges are little pieces of social history & remarkable survivors in this condition. Many were produced in series of six to twelve, to encourage German citizens to collect them all. A different series was released every week. Some were Nationwide, like this one, others were regional. Badge measures approximately 4cm x 3cm.
