Germany, HJ. A HJ Service Shirt, c.1939

(Diensthemd). A service shirt, presenting as a light brown cotton pullover with lay-down collar, frontal slash with four button closure, with buttons constructed of imitation brown leather, presenting two pleated patch breast pockets with buttoned flaps, with long sleeves with turn-back buttoned cuffs. The left breast presents a HJ Proficiency Badge in Bronze, presenting in the form of a Tyr-rune with a circle superimposed over it, upon which is embossed, in runic script FÜR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H.J. (FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE H.J.), encompassing a mobile swastika, marked on reverse with RZM logo and code M1/36 for Berg & Nolte AG of Lüdenscheid, also presents the serial number 65576, measuring 29 mm (w) x 51 mm (h). The left breast pocket presents a braided black and white string attached to a compass. The right breast pocket presents a lanyard constructed of black rayon cord (indicating HJ-Gebietsführer), attached to a black plastic whistle. The left arm bears several cloth insignia, including an HJ armband, of three-piece construction, red rayon with a central white horizontal stripe, with a white diamond with a machine-woven black mobile swastika. Also, a district triangle for Mitte Mittelelbe, constructed of machine-woven black rayong in the shape of an isosceles triangle featuring a machine-woven Gothic script in two lines, in golden-yellow threads, with a narrow machine-woven golden-yellow border stripes near the outside edge, measuring 82 mm (w) x 50 mm (h). The shoulders presents shoulder straps, constructed of HJ khaki cotton twill, coming to a point with a buttonhole, piped in red, except for the base edge, indicating either Oberbann 1 before 1936 or the General HJ before 1938, the obverses presents machine-embroidered Bann numerals 165 in red thread, attached by matte-grey metal buttons to secure the shoulder straps to the shoulders, for HJ members with raised Gefolgschaft number 11 in Arabic numbers,each measuring 39 mm (w) x 115 mm (h). The shirt measures 42 cm across the shoulders, 58 cm length in the sleeves, and 96 cm in total length. The blouse presents mild soiling and is in overall better than very fine condition.