Original German WWII WHW Gau Wien Donation Can by Westermann & Co Neheim-Ruhr with Top Handle French Militaria Shotgun trade

Shotgun trade

The gallantry

The 24 long sword has a large Cleaver shaped blade of 18 1/2" mounted onto an all STEEL ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a STEEL "S" cross guard

It does not appear to have been sanded at all

and the only United States military decoration that may be issued in degrees (much like an order of chivalry or certain Orders of Merit)

Original German WWII WHW Gau Wien Donation Can by Westermann & Co Neheim-Ruhr with Top Handle French Militaria Shotgun tradeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The WHW, Winterhilfswerk (Winter help work), was an annual charitable donation event held by the "NS Volkswohlfahrt" (National Socialist Peoples welfare organization), in which personnel from all of the organizations would solicit donations from the public, and reward contributors with a wide variety of lapel badges or propaganda booklets. This is a very nice red painted, sheet metal can, roughly 17cm in overall