Original Item: Only One Available. This jugend (HJ) Black & White Membership Diamond is in very good condition, and measures about 3 1/2″ by 1 7/8″. This type of insignia was worn on the sleeves of AH youth members, and is made of black felt with white thread, machine embroidered into the HJ Diamond Emblem. We have heard that this particular type of diamond was made at CC Camp, and many were recovered at the end of the war. There is however no concrete evidence regarding this.
The insignia is in very good condition, most likely unissued, and was never attached to a uniform. Ready to add to your collection!
The HJ or jugend, and often abbreviated as HJ in German, was the youth organization of the NSDAP Party in Germany. Its origins dated back to 1922 and it received the name AH-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (“HJ, League of German Worker Youth”) in July 1926. From 1933 until 1945, it was the sole official youth organization in Germany and was partially a paramilitary organization; it was composed of the HJ proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, the German Youngsters in the HJ (Deutsches Jungvolk in der AH Jugend or “DJ”, also “DJV”) for younger boys aged 10 to 14, and the League of German Girls (Bund Deutsche Mädel or “BDM”).