HISTORY. The Winterhilfswerk or Winter Help Work (WHW) was a winter relief charity program started in 1931 in response to the depression. In 1933 Hitler made it an official Nazi program. The pins, badges and small play toys were handed out to those who donated and proudly wore letting everyone know they supported the Winter Relief Program that year.

Winterhilfswerk Spendenabzeichen). An extensive mixed lot of 19 Winterhilfswerk (WHW) donation badges, with multiple examples of constructed, reflecting multi-year relief campaigns, the vast majority retaining reverse horizontal and vertical pinbacks, in overall near extremely fine condition.

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