dover1990 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi There, My girlfriend and I were recently at Bovington Tank Museum for Tank Fest and we cam across a stall selling the attached collection tin. The seller explained they were Hitler Youth collection tins. Are there any enthusiasts out there that has seen anything like this before? I have done some hunting online and found no information apart from the tin wrappers. Any input would be greatly appreciated! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Welcome to the Forum Dover. The collection tin you have is a Deutsches Jungendherbergwerk tin ( German Youth Hostel Organisation ), after making a donation you would have been given a lapel day badge. or tinnie. Below are a few other collection tins Iv'e come across and some of the donation gift badges. 1. A NSV collection tin. ( repainted post war ) 2. A WHW ( Winterhilfswerk ) tin. winter relief. 3. A HJ collection tin. 4. A 1937 DJH Gift Pin. 5 A 1934 HJ donation Pimpf pin. 6 A 1934 silk Mutter & Kind gift pin for National Mother Support Day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF635SQ Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 There has been a mass influx of these tins all of a sudden. I have just returned from War & Peace with one myself. Apparently they came from a large find in Austria but I have never seen the design of tin before. That is not to say they are not real, but I am starting to have doubts considering the sheer amount that have turned up at once. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 The address on the bottom of the first tin made me suspicious: 4178 Kevelaer - these Postleitzahlen were introduced well after World War 2 - that is to say, the tin is a postwar product and has been fitted with a HJ paper label - more info from internet, here are the postcodes of the area, and also the new ones introduced in 1993: The tin is still probably old by now, but not WW2 period Ortname und Ortszusatz Alte PLZ Neue PLZ Bundesland Kevelaer West-4178 47623 Nordrhein-Westfalen Kevelaer West-4178 47624 Nordrhein-Westfalen Kevelaer West-4178 47625 Nordrhein-Westfalen Kevelaer West-4178 47626 Nordrhein-Westfalen Kevelaer West-4178 47627 Nordrhein-Westfalen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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