Figure 6.--Here we have a photograph which a HBU reader believes is a Hitler Youth (HJ) boy. There unfortunately is no provinance associated with the photograph. The photograph is unmarked in any way so all we have to go on is the image itself. Our reader reports, "You will see this is clearly an HJ boy with two paulettes." HBU agrees that it most likely is a HJ, but we are not entirely posiitive about this. He does appear to be wearing a brown HJ shirt. Positive identification is not possible because there are no badges and insignia on the boy's shirt. Image courtesy of the PH collectiion.

Here we have a photograph which a HBU reader believes is a Hitler Youth (HJ) boy. There unfortunately is no provinance associated with the photograph. The photograph is unmarked in any way so all we have to go on is the image itself. It was bought in an antiques market in West London during 1999 as part of a job lot. Our reader reports, "You will see this is clearly an HJ boy with two paulettes." HBU agrees that it most likely is a HJ, but we are not entirely posiitive about this. He does appear to be wearing a brown HJ shirt. Positive identification is not possible because there are no badges and insignia on the boy's shirt.

Shirt

The shirt here appears to be a brown (as least as far as we can tell by black and white photography) HJ shirt. Note the epauletes and flap button pockets. HJ boys commonly wore them with the collars open and the sleeves rolled up. It looks like he may be wearing a white "T"-shirt, although it is unclear. This is not something we have noted in other German images. Curiously there are no insignia on the shirt. This bnoy looks to be about 12 years old, so he is not a new member. We find it curious that there are no unsignia.

Neckerchief

The kerchief looks to be a standard HJ neckerchief, but in the photograph it does not seem to be black, although granted it is difficult to tell. As far as I know HJ boys only wore black neckerchiefs. Note how he has tucked the tip under his belt.

Belt and Buckle

The belt and shoulder strap look to be standard HJ equipment. Note what looks to be a knife at his left side. The knife was a part of the uniform espeiaslly valued by the boys. The belt buckle is no clear enough to identify. It does, however, look similar to one of the two styles of HJ belt buckles. Readers may want to review the HBU belt pages.

Pants

The boy does not wear the standard black HJ short pants. Rather he looks to be wearing brown pants matching his shirt. They look to be long pants. This was not part of the official HJ uniform. This photograph is not a group photograph, but rather taken at home. Thus perhaps he just decided not to put on the uniform shorts. We have seen photographs of HJ boys in long pants, but not very commonly. HJ officers wore jodpurs, but here we have regular long pants.