A Deutsches Volk (Dj) Membership Badge GTRexclude 061 other ranks

061 other ranks

Accompanied by original ribbon bar

name hand scratched on reverse

63mm x47mm

at Epsom on September 29th

A Deutsches Volk (Dj) Membership Badge GTRexclude 061 other ranksA 1930s Deutsches Jungvolk (German Youths) badge; in silvered tombac and black and red enamels; horizontal pinback; marked Ges. Gesch. on reverse; measuring 21 mm in diameter; very fine condition. Footnote: The Deutsches Jungvolk was a youth organization similar to the Hitler Youth, but was meant solely for boys of the ages 10 14. Membership became fully compulsory for boys in 1939. By the end of the war some members had become child soldiers to fend