Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is a very nice collection of German WWII Tinnies and badges, which was brought back from the European theater by a USGI after the war was concluded. Many solders traded these on the way back, and would end up with a pocket full of various different collectible items, and this set represents the typical "haul" one might have come back with.

This grouping contains what look to be many donation tinnies, and we can see two for the HJ National Youth Association, one for the NSKK Motor Corps, one for the NSFK Flying Corps, and one for the NSKOV War Victims Care organization. There is also an RAD Women's Brooch, a DRK Red Cross Samariterin (Female Nurse) brooch, and an OPFERRING ELSASS pin for Alsace residents who donated to the NSDAP. The remaining two badges look to be a small Wehrmachtadler pin and a maybe an early war flying pin. Please consult the high resolution pictures for further details and condition notes.

A great little set that could be the start of your collection!

"Tinnies" (Veranstaltungsabzeichen - Event Badges) are small commemorative pins or medals, acquired when one attended a specific event held in Germany. They were often made of thin stamped metal, bakelite, or even pressed paper. Many of these were given out as part of the WHW (Winterhilfswerk - Winter Help Work) Organization, which often involved Germans traveling quite a bit to help out the war effort. Many others were given for the annual Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Congress), otherwise known as the Nuremberg Rallies.