History

Special rank insignia for the BDM leader ranks of Gruppenführerin and above were introduced in 1938. It is a cloth shield showing an eagle with spread wings. The backing is either in dark blue or in white, for the blue and the white jacket, respectively.

Leaders of units carried their unit numbers above the eagle.
Reserve Leader insignia have a silver bar with black top and bottom edges that is placed horizontally behind the shield.
Leaders on the Staff of a Gebiet (district) or of the Reichsjugendführung (Reich Youth Leadership, RJF) had gold-coloured eagles and gold-coloured borders.

The Reichsreferentin wore a gold-coloured eagle with a gold-coloured border of oak leaves.

In 1943, a restructuring took place. The term Gau was discontinued. From then on, the Reichsreferentin wore a gold-coloured eagle with a wide gold-coloured border in between two narrow gold-coloured borders.