A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity and Victory Medal (11896

and Victory Medal (11896

inside of the lid imprinted in golden

33 mm diameter

000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service

A Deutsches Jungvolk Membership Badge certificate_of_authenticity and Victory Medal (11896A 1930s Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ) German Youth badge; horizontal pin; marked Ges. Gesch on reverse; measuring 21 mm in diameter; fine condition. Footnote: The Deutsches Jungvolk was a youth organization similar to the Hitler Youth, but was meant solely for boys of the ages 10 14. Membership became fully compulsary for boys in 1939. By the end of the war some members had become child soldiers to fend off allied advances as a desperate last resort.