40 Things Whose Purpose Was Unknown Until the Internet Came to the Rescue

[post_page_title]From the second world war[/post_page_title]

Now, lots of households have pins, medals and other items that have been passed down over generations. They wanted to know the origins of these bear pins and the RRW markings on it. They would discover that, as it seems, one month after Germany made its move on Russia back in 1941, an organization was set up in New York to give relief to Russia.

From the second world war

This group was called the Russian War Relief, or the American Committee for Russian War Relief. Apparently these bears are pins from the second world war era.

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