{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-hj-national-youth-organization-unit-marked-parade-standard-flag-46-x-70","title":"Original German WWII HJ National Youth Organization Unit Marked Parade Standard Flag - 46” x 70”","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a WWII German HJ National Youth Organization Unit Marked parade flag! The flag measures\u003cstrong\u003e 46\" x 70\" \u003c\/strong\u003eand is a double sided multi-piece design, which looks to be made entirely from canvas, without any wool used in the construction. The main body of the flags is three pieces, with the HJ \"mobile' swas insignia on each side being made from a white diamond with a sewn on black swas. The flag has a sturdy web header on one end, with 6 of the 7 original aluminum rings attached to web loops so the flag could be attached to a pole. The rings area all maker marked on the interior with \u003cstrong\u003e((RZM)) M3\/40\/38\u003c\/strong\u003e, which indicates manufacture in 1938 by Gebrüder Cosack. \"M3\" is the RZM code for \"party emblem\" manufacture, which included the rings used on party flags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese flags were used to identify the different companies and elements within the HJ and would have a unit patch featured in the corner. This flag has an white 5\" x 7 1\/2\" rectangle, bordered on the edges with black, and containing the black embroidered unit designation \u003cstrong\u003e16 \/ 533\u003c\/strong\u003e. We have unfortunately not been able to find anything about this particular unit, and leave it as a great opportunity for further research. The flag is in very good condition, showing some age toning, staining, and wear from age, but still presenting beautifully. There are a few small holes and tears in fabric, which is to be expected, as well as stains in areas from water, rust, and other stain producing materials. As noted before one of the 7 hanger rings is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine WW2 German HJ Youth flag in this condition is unlikely to be encountered again anytime soon! Comes ready to display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAH believed German youth to be the future of his 3rd Reich. The HJ \u003cem\u003eAH Jugend or HJ\u003c\/em\u003e) was formed officially in 1935, and with the exception of NSDAP ideology indoctrination was very similar to the Boy Scouts. Beginning at about the age of ten years, both boys (\u003cem\u003eAH Jugend\u003c\/em\u003e) and girls (\u003cem\u003eBund Deutscher Mädel\u003c\/em\u003e) were enlisted in the Party-run organization. The The \u003cem\u003eDeutsches Jungvolk\u003c\/em\u003e (DJ) was the junior branch of the HJ, for boys aged 10 to 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory of the HJ German National Youth Organization:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41669260968005,"sku":"ONJR24MAMS045","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONJR24MAMS045__01.jpg?v=1716929796","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-hj-national-youth-organization-unit-marked-parade-standard-flag-46-x-70","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}