Original German WWII HJ Member Vehicle Pennant Flag – German Youth Organization Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This German Youth Organization (HJ) Wimpel (Pennant) is in very good condition, and measures about 5″ by 9 ½”. The pennant is red with a white center stripe, and is of multi-piece construction, so each color is a different piece of fabric. It has the standard red/white/red background, with a white diamond containing a black swas (hook cross). Items such as this were most likely used on bicycles or possibly cars, to show off one’s membership in the organization. Overall condition is excellent, though the hanging ties were cut off, most likely to more easily remove it when it was brought back.

A genuine HJ youth pennant in lovely condition and 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 H Jugend 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.