M43 Hitlerjugend Hitler Youth field cap Schellenberg DRGM Sonderklasse

Post war M43 Hitler Youth field cap (Einheitsmütze) w/Hitler Youth embroidered insignia and Jugendmutze oil cloth tag, has the black makers logo inside, great condition.  The M43 Field Cap was based upon the Bergmutze Ski Caps of Gebirgsjager and became one of the most widely used pieces of headwear of WW2.  The M43 field cap was used by the German Wehrmacht and SS, and nearly every official group during World War II.

The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend), often abbreviated as HJ, was the youth organization 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 organization in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organization. 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.