NSV membership plaque

This metalmembership plaquewas often:attachedto the front door or windowof a home or office,as asign that one was a donor or memberof the NSV,to demonstrateloyalty to the regimeand participation in social initiatives.The small holes at the top and bottom of the edge were for attachment with nails or screws.TheNSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt)was theNazi welfare organization, founded in 1933, with the aimof providing social care to 'Aryan' Germansaccording to National Socialist ideology. It was one of the largest organizations in Nazi Germany and worked closely with the NSDAP.