Germany - Third Reich: DJH Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk German Youth Hostel Association selection of four Tinnie Badge’s, all of pressed card form. 1) Commemorating the Jugendherberge - Youth Hostel established at Tübingen on the Neckar river. This lacking pin fitting; 2) Commemorating the Jugendherberge - Youth Hostel established at Monschau in the Eifel region of western Germany. This lacking pin fitting. 3) Commemorating the Adolf Hitler Jugendherberge - Adolf Hitler Youth Hostel, which was housed in the old Imperial Stables at Nuremberg Castle, this compete with safety pin fittin. 4) Commemorating the Jugendherberge - Youth Hostel established at Marienburg in Lower Saxony. This complete with safety pin fitting.
Condition: lacking pin fitting, Very Fine.
The Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk (German Youth Hostel Association) was founded in 1919 to create an organized network of affordable and safe accommodation away from home for travelling school and youth groups and individuals all over the country. By the end of the 1920s, there were over 2,300 Youth Hostels across Germany. These Hostels clearly didn’t compare to today’s standards. Often, they were no more than straw beds in “makeshift shelters,” located, for instance, in village schools that were closed for the holidays. The DJH was merged into the Hitler Youth in 1933 until the end of the Second World War when it was closed down, being then re-established in 1949.
