Original German WWII Set of Three Vehicle Pennant Flags - HJ Youth Organization, DDAC, and NSDAP
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice set of three German WWII Wimpel (Pennant) flags, all of which are in very good condition. They are all double sided, stitched together from two pieces of fabric, varying somewhat in size. These were usually be flown on a small staff attached to the fender of the automobile or other vehicle it was attached to.
The first pennant is a HJ National Youth Organization pennant, which has a reverse naming it to FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR OFFENSTETTEN, the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Offenstetten. This is a location near Abensberg in Bavaria, and the brigade still exists today! The pennant is very well made, and measures about 9" by 14", with a white fabric header and hanger rings at each end. One side of the pennant is red with a white center stripe, and is of multi-piece construction, so each color is a different piece of fabric. It has the standard red/white/red background, with a white diamond containing a black swas (hook cross). The other side is blue, with the Fire Brigade logo embroidered onto a red shield.
The second pennant in this set is a D.D.A.C. Vehicle Pennant pennant, measuring 7 3/4" inches by 15 inches and is double sided. It displays the D.D.A.C. emblem in a central oval, at the intersection of a white and red 'Beam Cross' (Balkenkreuz). The field of the pennant is white, though age and staining have turned it more of an eggshell color color. The pennant still has the top clip and bottom ring, and is in very good condition over all.
The last pennant is a standard NSDAP pennant, measuring about 6 3/4" by 10 1/2", with hanging ties at the end. Both sides bear the red field with a black swas (hook cross) inside a white circle.
A very nice set of German WWII Pennants from different political and civic organizations, ready to add to your collection!
The HJ or jugend, 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 jugend, 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 jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14, and the League of German Girls (Bund Deutsche Mädel or "BDM").
Der Deutsche Automobil Club (DDAC - The German Automobil Club) was the only authorized automobile club in Germany during the Third Reich. The club absorbed the ADAC and other automobile clubs in 1934, shortly following the rise of AH to the position of Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor of the Reich). The DDAC provided roadside assistance to members and was closely affiliated with the NSKK. These "Clubs" were used by the NSDAPs to encourage Automobile skills as they did for Flying skills during the time when Germany was still not allowed and Military organizations.
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