Hitler believed German youth to be the future of his Third Reich. The Hitler Youth (Hitler Jugend) was formed officially in 1935, and, with the exception of intense Nazi indoctrination, was very similar to the Boy Scouts. Beginning at about the age of ten years, both boys (Hitler Jugend) and girls (Bund Deutscher Mádel) were enlisted in the Party-run organization.

The boys only were given HJ Knives after having passed state examinations. These knives had nickel-plated hilts with black checkered grip plates. The obverse plate was fitted with an enameled HJ swastika insignia. Through 1937, these knives were etched with the motto of the organization, Blut und Ehre! (Blood and Honor!). Examples produced after this date were made with plain blades usually bearing an RZM marking.

The Hitler Youth Leaders were professionals in charge of the training and NSDAP education of the German Youth. They wore a special dagger consisting of silvered hilt fittings with blue-black leather-covered scabbard. The grip was composed of tightly wrapped silver wire, over a wood base. The pommel cap featured an HJ diamond on top, complete with swastika. The upper scabbard fitting depicted an open-winged Hitler Youth eagle with swastika cut into the bird's chest. The blade was etched with the Hitler Youth motto, Blut und Ehre!.

HYK #47000 Mid-Period Hitler Youth Knife with Motto - Double-proofed J.A. Henckels / RZM M 7/10.

The nickel plating throughout the hilt of this knife is in excellent condition, having only a little modest wear in the spot where the leather retaining ring secures the knife in the scabbard. The grip plates are in fine condition with the HJ enamel insignia in the center. The enamel is excellent with its bright red, white and gold- surrounded black swastika. . The grip plates are retained by nickel rivets having dressed heads on the obverse. A fine hilt here. The scabbard is straight throughout having nice black paint being near 100%. The paint looks as though there may have been some old touch-up, but if so, it was done during the period. The black leather hanger and retainer loop with working snap are in excellent condition. The blade is the style with ricasso and still remains quite bright with no sharpening signs. The motto is still readable, but is a little vague. Some of the black background black color still remains in the motto letters. On an HJ scale, this blade grades at near mint. The reverse is double proofed reflecting the stamped Henckels' twins with the firm's name next to it, "J,A. Henckels / Solingen / Zwillingswerk" and also, "Ges Gesch". Below, there is also a hard-to-see RZM circle with the code, 'M 7/10", but it is there. The original leather blade washer is in place.

A very decent example here.

Excellent $895.00

HYK #48863 Hitler Youth Knife with Motto by P. Lungstrass

This early Hitler Youth knife has very fine nickel plating on the hilt.

The black checkered Bakelite grip plates are in perfect condition, as is the enamel HJ insignia. The nickel rivets have dressed obverse heads.

The scabbard is quite nice, with choice original paint. It shows age crazing on both sides but remains bright. The black leather strap remains in fine condition, complete with the working retainer strap.

The blade is the early type without a ricasso. It shows age but doesn't look to have been sharpened. The Hitler Youth motto is a little vague but is still visible. The reverse is marked with the rare Lamp trademark of the P. Lungstrass firm. The original leather washer is in place.

A desirable HJ knife here, given the very scarce maker mark.

Excellent. $1,295.00

HYK #49077 Hitler Youth Knife by Schüttlehöfer

This late production Hitler Youth knife is in fairly nice condition, with some wear to the area covered by the retainer strap and some more on the guard.

The grip plates remain in perfect condition, as does the enamel HJ insignia. The plates are retained by steel rivets with dressed obverse heads.

The scabbard has fine original paint which remains bright and about 98% intact. The black leather hanging strap and the working retainer strap remain sound.

The blade is a real beauty in nearly mint condition, which is rare for these youth knives. The reverse is marked with the Schüttlehöfer RZM code M7/14. The original blader washer is still in place.

A solid Hitler Youth knife here.

Mint Minus. $1,195.00

HYK #48926 Hitler Youth Knife by C.D. Shaaf

This Hitler Youth knife remains in good condition overall and the plating has no issues.

The grip plates are also in good shape, as is the enamel HJ insignia. These plates are retained by steel rivets with dressed obverse heads.

The scabbard shell remains straight although there is wear to the paint on the obverse. The black leather strap is sound and marked with a leaf. The retainer strap is also good and has a working snap.

The blade has some mild sharpening but not enough to change the overall shape of the blade. The reverse of the blade is marked with the RZM code M7/56 1939; this is the code for the firm of C. D. Schaaf, a rare maker to see and very desirable for the HYK collector. The original blade buffer is in place.

A desirable maker mark here, which won't last long so don't wait!

Excellent Plus. $795.00

HYK #48727 Hitler Youth Knife by Arthur Schüttelhöfer & Co

This late production Hitler Youth knife has a very fine hilt. All of the plating is intact, which is rare to see given the cheap zinc construction.

The black checkered grip plates remain in perfect condition, as does the enamel HJ insignia. These plates are retained by plated steel rivets.

The scabbard has good original paint, which shows typical wear spread throughout the obverse side. There is a small dent on the upper reverse. The black leather hanger and belt loop with a working snap are both in good order.

The blade is nice for a youth knife, with no sharpening and still mostly bright. There are some minor nicks in the edges, but this kind of damage is common on HJ knives. The reverse is marked with a RZM circle and the Arthur Schüttelhöfer & Co code M7/13. The original blade washer is in place.

A very nice, late production Hitler Youth knife here.

Good Plus. $795.00

HYK #48241 Late Hitler Youth Knife RZM M7/31 (August Merten)

This youth knife remains in very fine condition throughout. The nickel plated hilt parts which are done over pot metal are still in perfect condition and remain nice and bright. This is a rarity to see a later piece in this nice state. The grip plates are in perfect condition with their black checkering and the Hitler Youth insignia with its red white and black swastika enamel is perfect. The steel rivets still retain all of their plating on their dressed obverse heads. The scabbard is also in fine condition the original black paint is nearly perfect being a duller color. The leather hanger is brown and it is still ins serviceable condition with good grip retainage loop and working snap.

The blade of this example shows just the slightest bit of usage and maybe a tiny bit of sharpening on the very edge but overall it has its original shape and is still bright. It is rare to see HJ knives with a decent blade like this. The reverse ricasso is marked with a large double open RZM over the August Merten code M 7/31. The original blade buffer is in place.

A very nice later piece here.

Near Mint. $1,125.00

HYK #48504 Mid Period Hitler Youth Knife With Motto

This HJ piece has a steel base hilt. The nickel plating is still quite good throughout having just a little bit of wear where the leather retainer strap covers but not bad. The grip plates are the early closely checkered Bakelite and they both remain in good condition. The HJ insignia has perfect enamel. The rivets are nickel style with dressed head. The scabbard is straight throughout and is in nice condition. It has its original black paint which is still mostly all there and remains quite bright. The black leather carrying strap is in place and is complete with the retainer loop with working snap. The cover button at the upper snap is gone but does not affect the workings of the snap. The blade is still mostly bright having some age to both surfaces but not bad. There is a tiny bit of sharpening but not much. The blade is the style with ricasso. The youth motto is still visible on the blade. It is slightly faint but is still easily discernible and has about 30 percent of its original darkening in the letter backgrounds. The reverse blade is marked with the diamond trademark having the cat head inside with “Puma” underneath. Beneath the diamond “Solingen” and Gesch Geschützt. The ricasso is marked with a single open RZM circle with the Puma code to the right M7/27 and it is also dated “1937”. The original weather washer has gone to time. A decent youth knife here with motto.

Excellent. $995.00

HYK #45192C Early Hitler Youth Knife by E. P. & S.

This Pack produced Hitler Youth knife is not in the best of condition which I realize but it does have interest to the collecting community as Pack had their own way of making these knives and they are rarely seen. This example has heavy steel based hilt fittings.

The pommel shows lots of usage and there is plating gone around the upper edges. The crossguard also has most of the plating done on the quillon area as well as the center areas.

The grip plates are a very wide checkered Bakelite entirely different from normal Hitler Youth knives. Unfortunately the center section of the reverse grip plate has broken off and is gone to time. As we see on these Pack made youth knives the grip plates are retained by a rivet with a screw out spanner on the reverse. So technically if a grip plate could ever be found this knife could quite easily be repaired as the spanners just screw out. The insignia in the grip has all of its enamel and is in good condition.

The scabbard is straight throughout however it does have even age spread throughout both sides of it. The original black leather hanger is in place and the retainer loop is there but is positioned within the loop and not over the knife as we normally see it. Someone could choose to change this if desired in the future.

The blade is the style with a ricasso which I’m not sure whether Pack made their very early pieces with a ricasso or without like other producers. The blade itself does not have the HJ motto on it and never did. The blade is not in bad condition the obverse being extremely nice and the reverse also being nice but does have a spot near the tip. The obverse ricasso is stamped “Gesch Gesch” and the reverse ricasso is stamped “E. P. & S. Solingen”. The maker name is next to the hammering Siegfried figure. The original washer is gone to time.

Since there is no RZM mark on this piece it can be assumed that it is an early piece but then again why is there no motto on the blade? This is a great piece for study by you avid HJ knife collectors out there. A very interesting example here and I just wish it was in better condition however it is what it is.

Good Plus. $995.00

HYK #46639C Mid Period Hitler Youth Knife Double Proofed Carl Heidelberg / RZM M7/65 1938

This Hitler Youth knife remains in an untouched condition. The plating to the hilt shows some mild wear at the area beneath the leather strap. The rest of the plating appears to still be okay. The hilt is a steel based type.

The grip plates are in good condition and are retained by steel rivets having dressed heads on the obverse. The grip insignia is in excellent condition.

The scabbard is straight throughout. There is little to no paint remaining on this scabbard. The leather hanger is in good condition with good retainer loop and working snap.

The blade is the style with ricasso and has turned somewhat gray. It also shows signs of minor sharpening. The reverse is double proofed stamped with the twin beer bottle logo within a circle with the firm’s name to the right being Carl Heidelberg Solingen. At the ricasso is an open double RZM circle and to the right is the code M7/65 and below the date “1938”. The original blade washer is in place.

A good example here.

Good Minus. $495.00

HYK #39357 DJ Knife

This DJ Knife has the usual aluminum hilt. It is in good condition, with mild traces of wear but nothing detrimental.

The grip plates on this knife are the black checkered variety, in perfect condition. These plates are retained by a pair of aluminum rivets with dressed heads.

The scabbard is a good steel shell. It is free of dents and has about 99% of the original paint. This paint shows some mild crazing but retains most of the original brightness. Pinned to the obverse of the scabbard is a colored enamel HJ Diamond insignia. The upper portion of the red enamel has two tiny spots here the enamel is missing, but they are so small they are difficult to notice.

Attached to the scabbard is the original black leather hanger. It is complete with the retainer loop, which has a good working snap.

The blade is the usual, simple, single-edges type, with a point and a small false edge. This blade has been sharpened, but we expect to see this on HJ and DJ pieces. It is not in bad condition when judges against the usually rough state of most HJ pieces. It could even be cleaned up a bit, if the next owner so desired. The original brown felt blade buffer is in place.

A nice, original DJ Knife here, which shows period wear. This knives are very difficult to find today and I rarely have the occasion to offer one.

Excellent. $950.00

HYK #38203C Late DJ Knife

This Dj Knife would have been one of the last HJ pieces made before the end of the war. These knives do not have the HJ insignia on the scabbard as their predecessors did.

The hilt is of aluminum and is in pristine condition. The grip plates are of black checkered Bakelite retained by a pair of aluminum rivets.

The scabbard is in choice condition, having perfect paint on the reverse. The obverse has only a few minor scrapes. Overall this original paint is 99% intact.

Attached to the scabbard is a fine black leather belt loop and retainer strap with a working snap. This loop retains the original shiny black surfaces and is nearly pristine.

The slab-sided blade has no ricasso. It retains 100% of the original grain and has a fine tan felt blade buffer.

A fine example here, of a type that collectors have had their doubts about for years because of the lack of swastikas. This is, of course, utter nonsense.

Near Mint. $795.00