Hitler Youth Badge

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The Hitler Youth Badge was a political decoration of Nazi Germany, awarded for various degrees of service to the Hitler Youth. The badge was first created in 1929, with formal regulations for presentation as a decoration formalized in 1933.

Grades and award

There were three grades of the Hitler Youth Badge[1]:

  • Hitler Youth Badge
  • Golden Hitler Youth Badge
  • Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves

Most adult leaders of the Hitler Youth, in particular those holding the rank of Bannführer and above, automatically were awarded the standard Hitler Youth Badge. The badge was also frequently awarded to SS members who had some connection to the Hitler Youth. A special degree of the Hitler Youth Badge, known as the "Hitler Youth Badge for Distinguished Foreigners", was authorized for presentation to non-German citizens who had benefited the goals of the Hitler Youth.

Golden Hitler Youth Badge

With permission from Hitler on 23 June 1934, the Golden Hitler Youth Badge (Das Goldene Hitler-Jugend-Abzeichen) was established as an honour award to the National Youth Leader (Reichsjugendführer) Baldur von Schirach in recognition of leadership and long service or other special achievements in the Hitler Youth [Hitler Jugend). The form was a golden framed rhomboid having in the centre a golden square field with a black swastika in a red and white field.[2]. The right to wear the Golden Hitler Youth Badge was allowed after the recipient left the Nazi Party and no longer wore the uniform. The Leader of the National Hitler Youth could grant the right for the recipient to wear the badge indefinitely.[3]

Significant recipients

References

  1. ↑ Lumsden, Robin (2001), Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-178-1
  2. ↑ Doehle 1995, pp. 76, 77.
  3. ↑ Doehle 1995, p. 77.
  4. ↑ Miller 2015, p. 304.
  5. ↑ Miller 2017, p. 383.

Bibliography

  • Doehle, Heinrich (1995) [1943]. Medals & Decorations of the Third Reich: Badges, Decorations, Insignia. Reddick Enterprises. ISBN 0962488348.
  • Lumsden, Robin (2001). Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany. England: The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.
  • Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders Of The Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 1-84037-178-1.
  • Miller, Michael (2017). Gauleiter Volume 2. California: R James Bender Publishing. ISBN 1-932970-32-0.
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