3rd Reich Winterhilfswerk Sammelbüchse "Gau Wien"

In an excellent condition a WhW collection box "District Vienna"

Marked "Gau Wien" a hole for Papiergeld (Paper money), Numbered 837.

Maker marked M. Westermann & Co. GmbH (Wesco) from Nehim-Ruhr. The company still exists.
In 1938 the company moved to the former Beumewerk in the Hüsten district of Arnsberg, where the company headquarters are now located.
In the following years and decades, the company continued to expand. Today, the company has a state-of-the-art logistics center in Arnsberg with more than 37,000 square meters of storage space.
During the Second World War, Wesco produced, among other things, collection boxes for the "Winterhilfswerk" and various tin containers for the German air force.

Code: 53921