NSDAP National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization (NSV) Stick Pin-Not only is this a cool looking medal, but it is also quite scarce. This is a small, blackened metal disc that measures 17mm in diameter. It has an outer raised bronze colored border. In the center is a bronzed symbol of the NSV stylized logo. It shows a horizontally elongated N. Through the center of this is a vertically elongated S, where the S crosses the N a letter V. This is RZM marked on the reverse with Ges.Gesch, and the code 16, for the maker Dr. Franke. The pin is knurled. This is a great looking scarce award.
History: The Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People's Welfare, or NSV) was the sole official welfare organization of the NSDAP Party during WWII. By 1939, it was the second-largest mass organization in Third Reich Germany. It functioned as a key propaganda and social tool, using charitable aid to enforce racial purity and monitor the populace.