Original* Pre WWII Nazi Deutsches Jungvolk ‘Young People’ Ges Gesch’ Maker Marked Belt Buckle. 22184:7. Antique & Militaria

The Deutsches Jungvolk DJV "German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth" or "German Young People") was the separate section for boys aged 10 to 13 of the Hitler Youth organisation in Nazi Germany. Through a programme of outdoor activities, parades and sports, it aimed to indoctrinate its young members in the tenets of Nazi ideology. Membership became fully compulsory for eligible boys in 1939. By the end of World War II, some had become child soldiers. After the end of the war in 1945, both the Deutsches Jungvolk and its parent organization, the Hitler Youth, ceased to exist. The Deutsches Jungvolk was founded in 1928 by Kurt Gruber under the title Jungmannschaften ("Youth Teams"), but it was renamed Knabenschaft in December 1928 and became the Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitlerjugend in March 1931. Both the Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ or DJV) and Hitler Youth (HJ) modelled parts of their uniforms and programmes on those of the German Scouting associations and of other youth groups, which were banned by the Nazi government during 1933 and 1934. Prior to 1937 the Deutsche Jugend or German Youth wore a buckle which had a single Sieg or ‘S’ rune in brass on a nickel plated field. Maker marked ‘Ges Gesch’ along with an RZM Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) stamp to the rear. See chapter 8 of German Belt Buckles 1845-1945 by Peter Nash for reference. In very nice condition. The price includes UK delivery. 22184:7.