Winterhilfswerk (Whw) Achieving Joy Handout, 1937-1938 Auction A 1937 German Lifesaving Award

A 1937 German Lifesaving Award in Silver

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Winterhilfswerk (Whw) Achieving Joy Handout, 1937-1938 Auction A 1937 German Lifesaving AwardWinterhilfswerk (WHW) Achieving Joy Handout, 1937 1938 Printed in four colour ink on a thin paper stock, marked "Papier patentgummiert, nur anfeuchten" (gummed paper patent, just moisten) on the reverse, 81 mm x 110 mm, left corner torn off, very fine. Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk (WHW = Winter Help Work) was an annual drive by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (the National Socialist Peoples Welfare Organization) to help finance charitable