Jungmädel girl wearing HJ sharpshooter badge.

[Joe B]

I have never seen a Jungmädel member wearing an HJ shooting badge .

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[Jo Rivett]

any chance of a better close-up? It could be something else.

 

[Joe B]

any chance of a better close-up? It could be something else.

Here are closer photos.

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[Jo Rivett]

a possible Bradley Manning thing? Badge required under Bradley, worn as Chelsea? :swissNo idea, i have never seen a female wearing a Shooting badge before, but it does look like it.

 

[Joe B]

Possibly awarded to her for showing up the boys with her excellent marksmanship skills and given to her as an "honorary award" .

 

[cemifor]

Was the badge reserved for boys?

Some girls were (and are) "rule breakers" (Danish: regelbrydere). Maybe she was a good shooter.

 

[Wim Vangossum]

An interesting picture for sure.


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[crack]

BDM and JM could not qualfy for the shooting badge under normal circumstances and I can't imagine any late-war scenario where girls were being taught to shoot and getting a badge for it. I haven't read anything about that anyway. Having said that the badge does bear a strong similarity to a HJ shooter.

Photoshop? It might be my eyes but the left and right edges of the photo look exactly the same except one side is turned 180 degrees? That's odd isn't it?