German HJ Hitler Youth 1942 Ski Championship Award Plaque

Excellent Hitler Youth sports skiing award plaque. Measures 60mm by 43mm and is made of zinc. In excellent condition (images do not do the item justice). Read on the observe “Gebietsmeisterschaft Skilauf 1942” which translates to Regional Ski Championships 1942. On the reverse is engraved TORL. HJ-KL.A II., which is for the Hitler Youth Class A second place. Nice rarer HJ award.

The Hitler Youth (German: Hitlerjugend , often abbreviated as HJ) was the youth organization of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (“Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth”) in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys’ youth organization in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organization. It was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or “DJ”, also “DJV”) for younger boys aged 10 to 14.