A Hj Member’s Belt Buckle By Klein & Quenzer; Published By John Angolia Hold 11 OCT 1916

11 OCT 1916

and Oldenburg German War Graves Commission "Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge" (VDK) Membership Stickpin (two-piece construction

Unusual type

22 March 1797 - 9 March 1888) of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia (2 January 1861 - 9 March 1888) and the first German Emperor (18 January 1871 - 9 March 1888)

marked "STER + 1/20 10K" (Sterling + 1/20 10K Gold) on the reverse

A Hj Member’s Belt Buckle By Klein & Quenzer; Published By John Angolia Hold 11 OCT 1916A Hitler Youth Members belt buckle, published on page 273 of John R. Angolias Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich; in stamped steel and aluminum paint; with eagle with down turned wings perched atop a HJ diamond, surrounded by a circular border inscribed with the HJ motto Blut und Ehre (Blood and Honour); as Angolia notes in his book, this is likely a late war production notable by the welded claws on the roller bar; maker marked RZM M5 276