These buckles were worn by Hitler Youth from the age of about 12 to 17 and, in the closing years of the war, some of these young men actually fought at the front. In 1945, my dad (in the American army) captured a group of these young fellows, who were armed with a Panzerfaust (a kind of anti-tank bazooka)!
This pressed steel buckle with silver-grey wash, marked 'M4/22', has its paper RZM tax tag, to show that the Party royalties tax had been paid by the manufacturer.
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[Belt Buckles : Third Reich : Hitler Youth]
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