Original German WWII HJ Youth Company Parade Flag – 55” x 30” Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely near mint example of a WWII German Youth Company element parade flag! The flag measures 55″ x 30″ and is a double sided 3 piece design. Each side has a different HJ diamond with a dyed swas (hook cross). These flags would have been used to identify the different companies and elements within the HJ and would have a unit patch featured in the corner. Either this one was never issued to a certain element or was just a flag to identify the organization a whole, we do not know.

The flag is in near mint condition and one of the best we have seen here at IMA. There is lovely age toning, one small stain and pin holes in the corners from being displayed.

A genuine WW2 German HJ Youth flag in this condition is unlikely to be encountered again anytime soon! Comes ready to display.

The German National Youth Organization, often abbreviated as HJ, was the youth organization of the NSDAP Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name H-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (“H Youth, League of German Worker Youth”) in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys’ youth organization in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organization. It was composed of the HJ Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the HJ Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der HJugend or “DJ”, also “DJV”) for younger boys aged 10 to 14.

With the surrender of NSDAP Germany in 1945, the organization de facto ceased to exist. On 10 October 1945, the Youth and its subordinate units were outlawed by the Allied Control Council along with other NSDAP Party organizations. Under Section 86 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Republic of Germany, the H Youth is an “unconstitutional organization” and the distribution or public use of its symbols, except for educational or research purposes, is illegal.