Hitler Youth Badge
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The Hitler Youth Badge was a political decoration
of Nazi Germany
, awarded for various degrees of service to the Hitler Youth
. The badge was first created in 1929, with formal regulations for presentation as a decoration formalized in 1933.
In all, there were three degrees of the Hitler Youth Badge, these being the:
Most adult leaders of the Hitler Youth, in particular those holding the rank of Bannführer
and above, automatically were awarded the standard Hitler Youth Badge. The badge was also frequently awarded to SS members who had some connection to the Hitler Youth.
A special degree of the Hitler Youth Badge, known as the "Hitler Youth Badge for Distinguished Foreigners", was authorized for presentation to non-German citizens who had benefited the goals of the Hitler Youth.
Political decorations of the Nazi Party
Political decorations of the Nazi Party were medals and awards issued by the National Socialist German Workers Party between1920 and 1945. Political awards were authorized for wear on any paramilitary uniform of Nazi Germany, as well as civilian attire, but were generally frowned upon for display ...
of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
, awarded for various degrees of service to the Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung...
. The badge was first created in 1929, with formal regulations for presentation as a decoration formalized in 1933.
In all, there were three degrees of the Hitler Youth Badge, these being the:
- Hitler Youth Badge
- Golden Hitler Youth Badge
- Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves
Most adult leaders of the Hitler Youth, in particular those holding the rank of Bannführer
Bannführer
Bannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth that was created in the mid 1930s as a result of Hitler Youth expansion throughout Nazi Germany...
and above, automatically were awarded the standard Hitler Youth Badge. The badge was also frequently awarded to SS members who had some connection to the Hitler Youth.
A special degree of the Hitler Youth Badge, known as the "Hitler Youth Badge for Distinguished Foreigners", was authorized for presentation to non-German citizens who had benefited the goals of the Hitler Youth.
Significant Recipients
- Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
- Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich HimmlerHeinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As Chief of the German Police and the Minister of the Interior from 1943, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo...
- Arthur Axmann
- Baldur von SchirachBaldur von SchirachBaldur Benedikt von Schirach was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend and Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Vienna....