A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge Auction marked in zinc

marked in zinc

numbered "82385" on the reverse

42 mm x 60

constructed of silvery-aluminum matte Russian braid

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A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge Auction marked in zincA 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.