German WW2 WHW Fasnet 1939 tinnie (Winterhilfswerk Abzeichen).
A round, black-painted bakelite tinnie, the obverse depicts a man rolling a flaming wheel below the inscription “FASNET 1939,” the reverse is maker marked “B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim”.
Diameter roughly 35 mm in diameter.
Good condition. Look a lot better in hand due to scanner reflections.
Fasnet explanation:
The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, Fasnacht (in Switzerland) or Fasnat/Faschnat (in Vorarlberg) is the pre-Lenten carnival of Alemannic folklore in Switzerland, southern Germany, Alsace and Vorarlberg.
