Original Item: Only One Available. This HJ National Youth Organization Armband is in excellent nearly unissued condition. It shows almost no signs of wear or use, and all the colors are still vibrant. It measures approximately 15 3/4″ x 4″, and is sewn together at the ends. The band is red with a white center stripe that is woven directly into it. There is also a machine stitch applied HJ diamond with a folded multi-piece black swas (Hook Cross) stitched onto it.
A great unissued example, ready to add to your collection!
AH believed German youth to be the future of his 3rd Reich. The German National Socialist Youth Organization, 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 HJ, 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 HJ or “DJ”, also “DJV”) for younger boys aged 10 to 14, and the League of German Girls (Bund Deutsche Mädel or “BDM”).