Germany, HJ. A Pair of Proficiency Badges, DJ and HJ Issue GTRexclude four small rivets on the

four small rivets on the reverse

to protect men eligible for military service but engaged in essential war work from being accosted by young women in the street who would hand them white feathers and accuse them of being slackers

The award was presented at the Abteilungs Command post on June 26

and received the Pour le Mérite on 13 January 1915

Germany, HJ. A Pair of Proficiency Badges, DJ and HJ Issue GTRexclude four small rivets on the(Leistungsabzeichen). A pair of Proficiency Badges, including: 1. A Deutsches Jugvolk (DJ) award, Silver Grade, constructed of a silvered copper alloy, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune bearing a central mobile swastika, situated within a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IM D. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE D. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, stamped with an award number of 201086, measuring 30 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in better than