HJ abzeichen in gold

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is there any way to check that a person really received that award i got a dead card comming wich says wearer of des hj abzeichen in gold, his name is Florian Pressl he had the age of 30 when he died in 1944.thanks for the help
 
Hi,

This is likely to be the HJ-Ehrenzeichen (HJ honour badge). There are no lists of the recipients of this award and we are totally reliant on the collation of snippets of information that turn up from time to time. For this particular man, you would need to find surviving paperwork (HJ identity/membership documents, letters, ideally of course the award certificate for his badge (example). We have a project HERE that aims to put a name to as many badges as possible but currently we have only lightly scratched the surface. The highest award serial number we can currently attribute is 133782 so that gives you an idea of the size of the task. It will never be completed but every new name we can add is a bonus.
 
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