{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-whw-gau-weser-ems-donation-can-by-westermann-co-neheim-ruhr","title":"Original German WWII WHW Gau Weser-Ems Donation Can by Westermann \u0026 Co Neheim-Ruhr","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. The WHW, \u003cstrong\u003eWinterhilfswerk\u003c\/strong\u003e (Winter-help-work), was an annual charitable donation event held by the \"NS -Volkswohlfahrt\" (National Socialist - Peoples’-welfare-organization), in which personnel from all of the organizations would solicit donations from the public, and reward contributors with a wide variety of lapel badges or propaganda booklets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an very nice condition red-painted, sheet metal can, roughly 17cm in overall height, and 10.5cm in diameter. Featuring a hinged lid which is stepped as it ascends, with an angled coin slot to its apex, unto whose surface are the raised serial numbers \u003cstrong\u003e18429\u003c\/strong\u003e (serial number). To the lid, immediately above its hinge, is a small, circular perforation, with \u003cstrong\u003ePapier\u003c\/strong\u003e (Paper) embossed to one side of it and \u003cstrong\u003eGeld\u003c\/strong\u003e (Money) to the other. A handle is riveted to the reverse, beneath the lid’s hinge. Embossed to the can itself, \u003cstrong\u003eGau Weser-Ems \u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gau Weser-Ems, formed on 1 October 1928, was an administrative division of Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the core part of the Free State of Oldenburg, the state of Bremen and the western parts of the Prussian Province of Hanover. Before that, from 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the NSDAP in that area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe can also bears the original 1937-1938 label that reads \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreude durch das WHW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Joy through the WHW) as well as the original seal with wire loop intended to hold the can locked until cut open to release the collected donations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottom of the can is embossed with the maker’s name; \u003cstrong\u003eM. Westermann \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong\u003eG.m.b.H.\u003c\/strong\u003e underneath it, for \u003cstrong\u003eGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung\u003c\/strong\u003e (Company with limited Liability), both arching above \u003cstrong\u003eWesco\u003c\/strong\u003e within a diamond, and with \u003cstrong\u003eNeheim-Ruhr\u003c\/strong\u003e arching beneath that. The embossed number \u003cstrong\u003e9\u003c\/strong\u003e may be seen below the latter location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of these cans have become harder and harder to find.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40375435067461,"sku":"ONJR22MPS018","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ONJR22MPS018__01.jpg?v=1665595661","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-whw-gau-weser-ems-donation-can-by-westermann-co-neheim-ruhr","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}