A tin can with a swastika ?

**Gagarin** · 08-12-2018, 09:52 PM

Hi,

Somebody can tell what is this exactly ? I have no idea....

Thank you very much !

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-12-2018 09:52 PM

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**BrodieBartfast** · 08-12-2018, 09:54 PM

It's a donation tin of some kind. Presumably the label would have signified exactly what the donations went towards.

Regards, B.B.

**MAP** · 08-12-2018, 09:56 PM

It is a donation can. (Winterhilfswerk )

Looks to be repainted (post war????)

Not like the typical style I'm familiar with (no handle, etc.) But I don't study these so not sure of all the variations out there

**Ullergaard** · 08-12-2018, 10:01 PM

Hello

These are normally called whw winterhilfswerk ( winter help work)
Used for collecting money to help the people, charity etc.
Looks fine.. any stamps on it perhaps?

Best regards
Lt. Col
Ullergaard

**Gagarin** · 08-12-2018, 10:02 PM

Thanks

There is a handle actualy.
(sorry for the bad photos)

**Ullergaard** · 08-12-2018, 10:04 PM

by MAP

It is a donation can. (Winterhilfswerk )

Looks to be repainted (post war????)

Not like the typical style I'm familiar with (no handle, etc.) But I don't study these so not sure of all the variations out there

You beat me to it Michael

I think we see a handle in one of the pics from above..

Best regards
Lt. Col
Ullergaard

**Ullergaard** · 08-12-2018, 10:06 PM

Looks just fine to me.

Always liked these collecting cans.. think they are a fun piece of regalia.

Best
Lt. Col
Ullergaard

**MAP** · 08-12-2018, 10:08 PM

Yes, now I see it. Still not a style I've seen. I'm only familiar with the examples with the handle that goes over the top, like on a bucket. That said, I don't know all the types.

**Ullergaard** · 08-12-2018, 10:13 PM

Just some info about Whw:

The Winterhilfswerk (Winter Help Work) program came into existence after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. After coming to power in Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler had always addressed the German people each year when he opened the Winter Help Campaign. This was an annual drive by the Nazi Germany Government welfare organization - Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (the National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization) to help finance charitable work. The Winterhilfswerk's slogan was "None shall starve nor freeze". The scheme embraces house-to-house collections, the sale of a variety of badges that were advertised on radio and newspapers, a one dish Sunday monthly, street collections and deductions from payroll checks before they are handed out. It was instituted in September 1933 and designed to provide food, fuel, clothing and various household items to indigent Germans at first, and to war refugees and other civilian casualties during World War II. In many ways, it was similar to the US Food Stamp Program.