Description
Hitlerjugend SS division cuff-title, machine embroidered. Grey thread, black background of the ribbon, silver edging (stripes). Letters are voluminous. Length about 45 cm, width about 3 cm.
Historical reference.
• Adolf Hitler - the cuff was established in 1933, but the Sütterlin typeface (it is German handwritten font created in 1911) did not appear on it until 1934.
• Totenkopf - the cuff was established on September 1, 1942 for the 3rd SS division. Prior to this, part of the personnel wore ribbons with the image of a skull.
• Wiking - the cuff was established on September 1, 1942 for the 5th SS division, except for those who already had cuff tapes (Germania, Nordland and Westland regiments).
• Hitlerjugend - the cuff was established in the first half of 1943 for the newly created 12th SS division staffed by conscripts born in 1926 (age - 17 years old, earlier for volunteers entering the SS there was an age limit of 23 years). Through the competition, a distinguishing mark of the division was established, on which the Sovilo rune (the symbol of the Hitler Youth organization) crossed with a master key (the sign of the SS division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler, which arose from the name of its first commander, Joseph Dietrich (German: Dietrich - master key) .
Sources: book "Третий рейх. 1933–1945. Полный атлас", author Oleg Kurylev and website wikipedia.org.