{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-dj-hj-uniform-cutout-insignia-set-flak-helper-triangle-and-dj-hj-marine-rank-insignia","title":"Original German WWII DJ - HJ Uniform Cutout Insignia Set: Flak Helper Triangle and DJ \/ HJ-Marine Rank Insignia","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Here we have a lovely set of uniform cutout insignia for the DJ \/ HJ national youth organization. As part of preparing them for military service, the group had its own divisions into land, air, and sea based training. Some of the older HJ members were even assigned to branches of the Wehrmacht to learn and serve as \"helpers\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first item in this set is a nice uniform cutout Marine-HJ \/ DJ rank arm disc (\u003cem\u003eRangarmscheibe\u003c\/em\u003e) insignia, used to represent rank involved in training for Naval service. The disc is 2\" in diameter, and sewn to a roughly cutout navy blue uniform section measuring 3 1\/8\"W x 2 3\/4\"H. The design is two silver gray chevrons sewn to a navy blue background, and was worn on the right sleeve, indicating the ranks of a Marine-HJ \"Oberrottenführer,\" or a DJ \"Oberhordenführer,\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second item is a triangular HJ \u003cem\u003eLuftwaffenhelfer Hoheitsabzeichen\u003c\/em\u003e (Luftwaffe Auxiliary Service National Emblem) Flak Helper badge, black with a blue embroidered border around a Luftwaffe \"Eagle in Flight\" insignia. At the top is the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e cypher for a \u003cem\u003eLuftwaffe Helfer\u003c\/em\u003e. It measures 3 3\/8\"W x 1 11\/16\"H, and is attached to a roughly cutout\u003cem\u003e fliegerblau\u003c\/em\u003e (flyer's blue) wool HJ uniform section measuring 4 1\/8\" x 2 1\/2\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lovely set, ready to add to your HJ insignia collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1922, the Munich-based NSDAP established its official youth organization called Jugendbund der NSDAP. It was announced on 8 March 1922 in the Völkischer Beobachter, and its inaugural meeting took place on 13 May the same year. Another youth group was established in 1922 as the Jungsturm Adolf “AH”. Based in Munich, Bavaria, it served to train and recruit future members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the main paramilitary wing of the NSDAP Party at that time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne reason the HJ so easily developed was that regimented organizations, often focused on politics, for young people and particularly adolescent boys were a familiar concept to German society in the Weimar Republic. Numerous youth movements existed across Germany prior to and especially after World War I. They were created for various purposes. Some were religious and others were ideological, but the more prominent ones were formed for political reasons, like the Young Conservatives and the Young Protestants. Once AH came onto the revolutionary scene, the transition from seemingly innocuous youth movements to political entities focused on AH was swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the abortive Beer Hall Putsch (in November 1923), NSDAP youth groups ostensibly disbanded, but many elements simply went underground, operating clandestinely in small units under assumed names. In April 1924, the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement). On 4 July 1926, the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed HJ Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend (HJ League of German Worker Youth). This event took place a year after the NSDAP Party was reorganised. The architect of the re-organization was Kurt Gruber, a law student from Plauen in Saxony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short power struggle with a rival organization—Gerhard Roßbach's Schilljugend—Gruber prevailed and his \"Greater German Youth Movement\" became the NSDAP Party's official youth organisation. In July 1926, it was renamed H -Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (\"H” Youth, League of German Worker Youth\") and, for the first time, it officially became an integral part of the SA. The name H -Jugend was taken up on the suggestion of Hans Severus Ziegler. By 1930, the Hjugend (HJ) had enlisted over 25,000 boys aged 14 and upward. They also set up a junior branch, the Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ), for boys aged 10 to 14. Girls from 10 to 18 were given their own parallel organization, the League of German Girls (BDM).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 1932, Chancellor Heinrich Brüning banned the H Youth movement in an attempt to stop widespread political violence. However, in June, Brüning's successor as Chancellor, Franz von Papen, lifted the ban as a way of appeasing “AH”, the rapidly ascending political star. A further significant expansion drive started in 1933, after Baldur von Schirach was appointed by H as the first Reichsjugendführer (Reich Youth Leader). All youth organizations were brought under Schirach's control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45086295359557,"sku":"ONSV26HAD122","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONSV26HAD122__01.jpg?v=1780319159","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-dj-hj-uniform-cutout-insignia-set-flak-helper-triangle-and-dj-hj-marine-rank-insignia","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}