Kriegsernteeinsatz der Steirischen Hitlerjugend – 1940
Badge awarded for participation in wartime agricultural service by members of the Hitler Youth in Styria (Austria) during the summer of 1940 — Kriegsernteeinsatz, meaning wartime harvest deployment. The shield-shaped badge features a vertically positioned sword overlaid on a wreath of oak and agricultural leaves, with the inscription: KRIEGSERNTEEINSATZ D. STEIRISCHEN H.J. 1940 around the edge. It was awarded to youth members who took part in harvest work and agricultural labor as part of the Third Reich's home front mobilization program. Made of plastic, typical for early wartime labor badges of the HJ. Well-preserved example, rarely encountered.
Kriegsernteeinsatz der Steirischen Hitlerjugend – 1940
Badge awarded for participation in wartime agricultural service by members of the Hitler Youth in Styria (Austria) during the summer of 1940 — Kriegsernteeinsatz, meaning wartime harvest deployment. The shield-shaped badge features a vertically positioned sword overlaid on a wreath of oak and agricultural leaves, with the inscription: KRIEGSERNTEEINSATZ D. STEIRISCHEN H.J. 1940 around the edge. It was awarded to youth members who took part in harvest work and agricultural labor as part of the Third Reich's home front mobilization program. Made of plastic, typical for early wartime labor badges of the HJ. Well-preserved example, rarely encountered.