Germany, Hj. A Period Portrait Of An Early Hj Member, C.1935 Archive on June 14

on June 14

full-time members of the Indian Recruiting Organization

This is a fine quality manufacture and well preserved German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) by a desirable maker

at Debary Manor in Debary

1917 and would later be promoted to Lieutenant

Germany, Hj. A Period Portrait Of An Early Hj Member, C.1935 Archive on June 14The photo shows an HJ member wearing an early visor cap with 1929 pattern eagle. On his left breast pocket are a Golden HJ Badge, meaning that he must have joined the organisation before October of 1932, and two event badges. His district triangle, in all probability, reads Nord Nordmark. The reverse of the picture postcard is unused, except for a stamp of the photographer, H. Gumlich in Bordesholm (northern Germany). Measuring 87x134mm, extremely