German Youth Group Uniforms: Gun Clubs--Uniforms

Figure 1.-- These boys are atanding in front of the Spandau Schützengilde (shooting club). The are wearung the medals awarded for shooting. The photograph is undated, but looks tohave been taken in the 1950s.

We note the boys in gun clubs wearing different kinds of uniforms. We are not sure what they wore before World War II. We havevnot found any ohotgraphs of the gun clubs during the NAZI era. These clubs could not be incorporated within the Hitkler Youth as they were adult clubs and the boys were involved as youth auxileries of the adult clubs. We do note the clubs after the War. We see boys wearing regukar suits to award ceremonies. After the War the Allies were concerned with de-Nazification and anti-militarism. Thus weariung a military styled uniform would probably have aroused unwanted attention, in additin to the guns themselves. After the occupatioin ended (1960s), we begin to see fancy military styled uniforms. Some were very basic, but others were quite elaborate.