Another post which I'm making for the flag lists.
This is a Gefolgschafts flag which I think I first saw in 2008. Toby asked for my opinion of it and the photos below are his. There is a thread over on WAF which comments on this flag (and uses a quote from me which came from an email...
Mainly posted this because I needed a forum link for Sven's list of flag numbers. Anyway, another flag which I sold a couple of years ago.
Jungbann 162 Lübeck, Fähnlein 19
I sold this a couple of years ago but as Sven has created a new thread to collate all flags still known to exist I thought I'd add this one to our forum.
Gefolgschaft 11, Bann 241 Oberbergisch
No rings and a small hole but I loved it.
Let's try to list all known flags and pennants that are in collections. Please add your information as a new post and I'll transfer it to the appropriate list. Note: some pictures at the respective links and in posts are not clear and/or detailed enough to say unequivocally whether or not...
Let's try to list all known, surviving examples of the HJ Bann flag, Jungbann flag, BDM Untergau pennant and JM Untergau pennant that are in collections or that have otherwise survived. Please add your information as a new post and I'll transfer it to the appropriate list.
Last update: 24th...
Jugendherbergschiff "Hein Godenwind"
3 masted sailing ship (Tall Ship). Size: 2.270 GRT (Gross register tonnage). Displacement: 4.600 metric ton. Length: 86,7 meters.
The original name of the ship was Maréschal Suchet, built in France 1902.
1902 November
Completed and delivered to Cie. de...
Hi, I'm new here and very interested in history; specifically Germany in the 1930's. I saw this photo for the first time the other day and have never seen any like it, especially in Hitler Youth. Can someone help identify its period and where it was from?
FDJ Mitgliedsbuch - Membership/ID book- Nr./Number 825780
ID issued 29 May 1953
Willy Neumann, born 3 August 1928,
Member of FDJ since 15 April 1948
He was awared the "FDJ - Abzeichen für gutes Wissen (Silber)" (Badge of good knowledge, Silver) 29 May 1953.
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From german wikipedia...
Next to the Hilfszug "Bayern" (HZB) another special formation existed. The first attempts to create a special
technical unit took place in January 1933 when SA-Sturmführer Hermann Schäfer from Niedersachsen put
together a unit for the purposes of assisting during the elections at Lippe. In...
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I had posted a thread last week asking for help for information on a Hitler youth number 99 standard. This the standard with the eagle and scroll above. I wanted to find exactly what it was and the value. I can send photos to post here. This came right from the vet. I...
I found this photo on ebay a while ago , Can anyone guess why a BDM Girl is the flag bearer for the Jungvolk ?
My guess is that maybe her brother was the former flag bearer of his Jungvolk unit and had died somehow or had been killed in the war , She had the honor of leading her brothers unit...
In 1937 the German school in Copenhagen - Sct. Petri Schule - established a summer camp in Holmstrup near Lumsaas, just at the edge of Sonnerup Skov[ Sonnerup Forrest].
The photo/PC showing the camp was probably taken in connection with the school's inauguration in 1937. Note that they fly...
This HJ emblem is on a small podium flag. (18" x 20") On the back of the flag is a set of SS runes, on a Black field. Have you ever seen this Diamond before, or is it a Fantasy item? Thanks