Nice photo. It is definitely not from 1943 though because the black sidecap for the DJ, for example, was phased out in July 1937. The photo is earlier than that. The wearing of scouting knives was not uncommon but only in the early period. As noted on the HJ knife wiki page, numerous regulations were produced by the RJF to remind kids that they were not allowed to wear them.
Think youre right about is erly periode.
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This photo is no way 1943. Nonsense!
This must be an early photo. The older lad is wearing the light-brown
shoulder-straps; the youngest has not even the one. I think the photo
is from about 1933 or latest 1934.
The knife is a look-a-like as the Buschmesser. It is not a Winu-Fahrtenmesser,
and as offered in spring 1933. I have such knives in a sales catalogue from
that period.
This must be an early photo. The older lad is wearing the light-brown
shoulder-straps; the youngest has not even the one. I think the photo
is from about 1933 or latest 1934.
The knife is a look-a-like as the Buschmesser. It is not a Winu-Fahrtenmesser,
and as offered in spring 1933. I have such knives in a sales catalogue from
that period.
