A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity zinc first strikes

zinc first strikes

with nice embossed Party eagle on left upper corner

maker marked "EME" on the pin

inside of the lid imprinted in golden

Footnote: Herbert Hapa was born in May 1891 in Portage-la-Prairie

A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity zinc first strikesA 1930s Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ) German Youth badge; horizontal pin; marked Ges. Gesch on reverse; measuring 21 mm in diameter; 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 compulsary for boys in 1939. By the end of the war some members had become child soldiers to fend off allied advances as a desperate last resort.