The Hitler Youth standard bearer gorget (for Bann standard bearers only) and special arm patch for Bann and Jungbann standard bearers were introduced in July 1938. The arm patch was the same for both the Bann and Jungbann.
The standard bearer was only given the gorget for the period during which he would actively be carrying the flag. The gorget was never to be separated from the flag and both were stored together when not in use.
This next part may be the answer to a question Kevin asked me a while back when he wondered why there were so few of the standard bearer patches around today. When the very first standard bearer was nominated he was given three patches. When that boy was replaced he had to return the patches to the Bann where they were then given to his replacement and so on until they wore out and needed to be replaced by a new item. In theory then an original set of patches could have survived until 1945 which may explain why there are so few of these around. In the first year of issue there would have been a requirement for close to 3800 patches.
The standard bearers were often referred to unofficially as Fähnrich which was the name used in the 16th to 18th centuries for those who had carried the flag in battle. The use of the word Fähnrich was forbidden by regulations in 1939. The correct terms were Bannfahnenträger and Jungbannfahnenträger.
The standard bearer was only given the gorget for the period during which he would actively be carrying the flag. The gorget was never to be separated from the flag and both were stored together when not in use.
This next part may be the answer to a question Kevin asked me a while back when he wondered why there were so few of the standard bearer patches around today. When the very first standard bearer was nominated he was given three patches. When that boy was replaced he had to return the patches to the Bann where they were then given to his replacement and so on until they wore out and needed to be replaced by a new item. In theory then an original set of patches could have survived until 1945 which may explain why there are so few of these around. In the first year of issue there would have been a requirement for close to 3800 patches.
The standard bearers were often referred to unofficially as Fähnrich which was the name used in the 16th to 18th centuries for those who had carried the flag in battle. The use of the word Fähnrich was forbidden by regulations in 1939. The correct terms were Bannfahnenträger and Jungbannfahnenträger.
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