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I am new to this Forum and I would like to share one of my newest additions to my collection.From the best of my knowledge and what I was told by the person I bought it from,this is a Hitler Youth DJ snare drum. Got it as you see here with the hanger and stick holder and was purchased from a Military store in Austria. The drum isin Great shape with no holes in the heads or splits in the rims. The Drum measures32cm in Diameter and 14cm high. Painted in the DJ pattern (black and white) butcan see that it was painted in the HJ pattern of red and white at one timeunder the black paint, but they did a nice job with the cover-up. The heads are made from some kind of animalskin, because I can still see small hairs in areas. Snare wire are made of metal, even thought I have heard they should have been cat-gut, I have seen several originalphotos ( some on this forum) that show them to be more like you see here. There are no markings anywhere on the outsideof the drum, but after opening it up I discover some writing inside on thebrass ring. The word, “Relul” ?? Is thissomebody’s name? Or even a real word? Is it German or something else? Can anyonetell me if this could be from the correct era and or an original item? Any opinions or comments on this Drum would bea big help. I also am sharing this photothat I got that shows the DJ using the same kind of snare drum. Thanks
I am new to this Forum and I would like to share one of my newest additions to my collection.From the best of my knowledge and what I was told by the person I bought it from,this is a Hitler Youth DJ snare drum. Got it as you see here with the hanger and stick holder and was purchased from a Military store in Austria. The drum isin Great shape with no holes in the heads or splits in the rims. The Drum measures32cm in Diameter and 14cm high. Painted in the DJ pattern (black and white) butcan see that it was painted in the HJ pattern of red and white at one timeunder the black paint, but they did a nice job with the cover-up. The heads are made from some kind of animalskin, because I can still see small hairs in areas. Snare wire are made of metal, even thought I have heard they should have been cat-gut, I have seen several originalphotos ( some on this forum) that show them to be more like you see here. There are no markings anywhere on the outsideof the drum, but after opening it up I discover some writing inside on thebrass ring. The word, “Relul” ?? Is thissomebody’s name? Or even a real word? Is it German or something else? Can anyonetell me if this could be from the correct era and or an original item? Any opinions or comments on this Drum would bea big help. I also am sharing this photothat I got that shows the DJ using the same kind of snare drum. Thanks
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