Original German WWII DJ Leather Belt with Deutsches Jungvolk Single Rune Plated Brass Buckle Gun Parts with the canvas cover showing

with the canvas cover showing the typical wear and deterioration from service

The Imperial Japanese Government perceived this as obstructing their plans for expansion into mainland Asia and chose to go to war

with a solid refinished stock and metalwork which has a lovely oxidized patina

Later M8A1 scabbards were manufactured with a modified extended tab on the web hanger to provide more clearance for the M5 bayonet which rubbed against the wider bayonet handle

Original German WWII DJ Leather Belt with Deutsches Jungvolk Single Rune Plated Brass Buckle Gun Parts with the canvas cover showingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII German HJ National Youth Organization Single Rune Belt Buckle (Koppelschlo) with correct leather belt. The HJ was the youth arm of the NSDAP National Socialist Party, and was the sole youth organization in all of Germany from 1933 until its dissolution in 1945. While the group proper was composed of male youths aged 14 to 18, there was also the German Youngsters in the HJ (Deutsches Jungvolk