Germany, Third Reich. A Unique Winterhilfswerk and Social Welfare Token Collection, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one exhibiting spotting on the

one exhibiting spotting on the obverse

First Class - Breast star

8 mm and 13 mm x 47 mm respectively

Thomas Henry Fowles was a resident of Oakville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant (663418) with the 164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion"

Twenty years and four months later

Germany, Third Reich. A Unique Winterhilfswerk and Social Welfare Token Collection, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one exhibiting spotting on the(Winterhilfswerk Wertmarken mit Etui). A unique Winterhilfswerk (WHW) and social welfare token collection, consisting of eight aluminum tokens measuring 23 mm in diameter, each displaying double sided patriotic imagery and messaging for the early years of the Third Reich, surrounding a central bronze medallion for a notable donor to a WHW campaign in Gau Wien (Vienna), measuring 40 mm in diameter, all situated within a customized period storage case,