Winter Relief Agency of the German People donation badge

Object | Accession Number: 2005.367.20

Overview

Brief Narrative: Pin of the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes [Winter Relief Agency of the German People], a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community among the German people.
Date: issue: 1934
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the University of Mary Washington Galleries
Markings: front, top, impressed : 1934
front, bottom, impressed: AUFWÄRTS AUS EIGENER KRAFT [Upward from our (or their?) own strength]
Contributor: Distributor: Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Badges
Object Type: Lapel pins (aat)
Physical Description: Circular, silver-colored, stamped metal pin. There is an impressed design at center of an eagle colored with black ink. Impressed at the top is a circle with short rays, colored with red ink, with raised numbers in silver in center. There are impressed numbers to the left and right of the circle, colored with black ink. Impressed at bottom, small German text, colored with black ink. Back has a spring pin.
Dimensions: overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Materials: overall : metal, ink

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Charities--Germany--20th century. Germany--Social life and customs--20th century. Germany--History--1933-1945. Popular culture--Germany--20th century. Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc.
Geographic Name: Germany

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the University of Mary Washington Galleries.

Record last modified:: 2023-08-31 10:43:59
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