A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity 33 mm diameter

33 mm diameter

with nice embossed Party eagle on left upper corner

the second subsidiary battle

stamped in white ink with the British Broad Arrow insignia

A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity 33 mm diameterA 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.