Accession Number: 2022.02.8.23

Stamp: The stamp is pre-printed on and from the Winterhilfswerk collection. It features a sailing ship design and has a face value of 6+4 pfennigs.

Postmark: The postmark cancellation stamp reading: Nüremberg, 50. Geburtstag des führers, Die Stadt der Reichsparteitage. Translating to “Nuremberg, the Führer’s 50th birthday, the city of the Reich Party Rallies.” It was created to mark the 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler. The illustration on the postmark is of Nuremberg Castle.

The postcard lacks any handwritten text. “Postkarte” is printed on the top right of the postcard, and under the postcard’s illustration is the text “Winterhilfswerk des deutschen Volks 1938/39” as well as the month this postcard was produced “Dezember”.

The illustration on this postcard is a female worker crafting small items. This series of labor-themed postcards were produced to promote a number of German trades as well as promote the ideal of a unified, hard-working people. There is also an illustration of the official seal of the Third Reich, an eagle clutching a swastika emblem.