Adolf Hitler Crystal pendant, real or fake?

[Johnson]

Hey friends, yesterday i went to a flea market and found this pendant of hitler. I think its in decent shape but i dont know if its real, and if so, what would be its price. Please help me, tell me what you think.

[Wagriff]

These pendants were part of an ornament set that was put out by the WHW. It consisted of the great men of Germany.

[Glenn66]

Interesting William, I would have written that off as a fantasy piece.

[VolksJager]

William is correct, part of the Winterhilfswerk (Winter relief) series of glass portraits. They were one of the first large 20 plus piece RSS sets. It was sold on the 1st & 2nd of March 1941 during the RSS event. Some of the other heads are in different coloured glass.

Jason

[winterhilfswerk Book]

We sell these for $15-$20.00 depending on condition.

An additional side note...these are the only pieces in this set that are exclusively found in clear glass. There are some reproductions floating around that are in multi colors.

Chrys

[Horst]

Jason is right on with his info - the set consisted of 20 pieces reflecting the busts of famous German men the series was numbered from 305 to324 with AH,s being # 313.

Horst

[winterhilfswerk Book]

Well now that all depends on your reference source...

We catalog them as 41-23 through 41-42...with Hitler being # 41-30.

[Horst]

Book I make reference to is by Holger Rosenberg, printed in Germany 1983 "Spendenbelege Des Winterhilfswerks(WHW) und Kriegswinterhilfswerkes(KWHW) 1033 - 1945 - So far its been a great reference

Horst

[winterhilfswerk Book]

Here are a few quick photos of the Ganzblege for this series...

[winterhilfswerk Book]

Book I make reference to is by Holger Rosenberg, printed in Germany 1983 "Spendenbelege Des Winterhilfswerks(WHW) und Kriegswinterhilfswerkes(KWHW) 1033 - 1945 - So far its been a great reference

Horst

Sarcasm Horst....I'm very familiar with his work.