Winterhilfswerk National Street/House Collections & More - A Collector's Guide

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Winterhilfswerk Street/House Collections & More
A Collector's Guide
By
Joseph Cassidy
&
Chrystopher Alexander
Wire Bound Version!
Finally, a WHW book in English!
Foreword
As dedicated collectors, we have worked diligently to assemble our individual collections of the tokens given for donations to the German street and door to door charity drives organized by the Winterhilfswerk (WHW) organization.
When we first started collecting WHW pieces, we did it without any reference materials.
As time went by, we realized the need for a guide to our collections to know what we had, what we needed, and the relative value of these items.
The references we found available were very informative, but they were naturally written in German.
As English speakers with a limited knowledge of the German language, the use of these books often was difficult.
As our collections progressed we found many other WHW collectors searching for an English language WHW guidebook.
As the years passed and our wish for someone to publish a book in English went unfulfilled, we decided it was up to us to make our own wish come true.
The next step to go through, the “If we had it our way we would . . .” process, was simple.
The first feature would be color pictures.
The second feature would be an index that told us where we could find a particular pin or set of pins without having to thumb through lots of pages.
The third feature would be a large format so the pictures and print would be easier on the eyes.
This book does not contain pictures of every variant of every piece.
It does contain at least one variant of every National WHW (598 different pieces) issued by the WHW street collections program from 1933 to 1944.
By 1945, WHW collections and token distributions had ceased.
Also contained are at least one variant of the paper door plaques (42 pieces) issued by the WHW door to door collection program between 1933 and 1940, WHW postcards, WHW stamps, and a WHW collection can.
The total number of different items shown in this book is over 800, with over 550 color pictures.
A black and white publication would have been much less expensive to print and, therefore, much less expensive to buy.
However, we feel having full color pictures of the WHWs greatly increases the usefulness and enjoyment of the book and is well worth the extra cost.
Having fulfilled our wish, we hope this book will be a help to you with your WHW collection.
Joseph Cassidy
Chrystopher Alexander
1 October 2011
Shipping to the USA will be .00 by Media Mail.  Shipping to Canada will be .00 by First Class International.  Shipping to all other countries will be .00 by First Class International.  The packaged book weighs one pound four ounces, that is why the International First Class shipping cost is so high.