Hitler Youth Armband 4 piece construction (2179)

Hitler Youth armband. Featuring 4 piece construction, and a cut out swastika. Excellent addition to any collection or great for a re-inactor. You get the actual armband shown in the photo.

The Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend, often abbreviated as HJ, was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (“Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth”) in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys’ youth organisation in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organisation; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or “DJ”, also “DJV”) for younger boys aged 10 to 14.