A Nsdap Party Member’s Lapel Badge By Ferdinand Wagner Of Pforzheim Auction joining the Hitler Youth as

joining the Hitler Youth as early as 1922 when it was still known as the Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterjugend (National Socialist Worker’s Youth)

He was released in 1948

was a journalist prior to enlisting in December 2nd 1942

and an extremely rare original example

A Nsdap Party Member’s Lapel Badge By Ferdinand Wagner Of Pforzheim Auction joining the Hitler Youth asA fine quality NSDAP Parteiabzeichen; in silvered tombac and black, white, and pebbled red enamels; the obverse with a black mobile swastika (Hakenkreuz) in the centre within a bed of white enamels, with a red enameled edge inscribed Nationalsozialistische DAP in black enamels; the reverse plain, with a horizontal pinback and maker marks RZM M1 8 for Ferdinand Wagner, Pforzheim; measuring 23. 05 mm in diameter; weighing 5. 0 grams; very fine