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NAZI BUND DEUTSCHER MAEDEL UNIFORM JACKET
A RARE ORIGINAL
BdM UNIFORM JACKET
BdM UNIFORM JACKET
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This rare original Nazi era BdM jacket is
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This is a very nice example of the rare and hard-to-find golden-brown BdM Weste or uniform jacket as worn by the Mädel (young women) of the Bund deutscher Mädel (BdM or League of German Girls) of the Hitler Youth during the Third Reich in Germany. It is the same jacket as shown being worn by the BdM woman on the left in the picture above from the Organisationsbuch der NSDAP.
This short, lined, velvety brown four-pocket jacket is in the original condition in which it was put away in an attic in Germany at the end of World War II. It has not been laundered or dry cleaned but should be. It was no doubt used during World War II when BdM girls were drafted en masse into the nursing profession. That is to say, it was worn on a day-to-day basis in the field and has not been laundered. The fabric is not worn through and there are no holes, rips or tears in it. The condition is really quite nice.
The soiling mentioned is more of a patina, as if the jacket has been wiped with a hand covered with graphite from a lead pencil. It is not dirty or oily and does not have a foul smell of any kind. It should dry clean nicely.
The tan lining of the jacket is in very good condition and it has one interior pocket on the right hand side. On the left inside of the jacket is the original Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP (RZM) Hersteller or manufacturer label. It does not look like the label has ever been laundered. The seller of this jacket was Roman Mayr in München. Below his label in the collar is a size 38 label bearing the name GREIFF above a logo showing a man and a Phoenix.
The jacket has a two-piece Edelweiss sewed to the right lapel, a BdM Achievement Badge on the left breast pocket and an embroidered black and white Hitlerjugend Südost Oberdonau (South East Upper Danube) triangle above a standard 3-3/4 inch embroidered red, white and black Hitler Youth diamond on the left sleeve. All the original buttons and buckles are there.
The measurements of the jacket are as follows: across the shoulders 13 inches, from the bottom of the collar to the bottom of the back 16 inches, the sleeve from the shoulder to the cuff 20-1/2 inches, the waist is 28 inches.
Other than needing a cleaning, this original Third Reich BdM jacket is in very nice condition.
We are offering the Hitler Youth armband that came with this
jacket and a second original BdM jacket on other web pages.
jacket and a second original BdM jacket on other web pages.