RARE "Reichsführerschulen der HJ in Mehlem" Silver-Plate Flatware. Under the supervision of the Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach, Reichsführerschulen were established at Potsdam and Mehlem (10km South of Bonn on the Rhein River) to provide specialized training for HJ Leaders. Upon successful completion of the training, graduates were authorized to wear a special insigne over the right breast tunic pocket. This insigne consisted of a silver embroidered bar of oak leaves with the initials, "RFS" outlined in black surmounting the oak leaves. This RARE, silver-plate, "RFS" flatware, recently obtained in Germany, grades Near MINT/Mint with only minor surface wear, but no damage to knife blades or fork tines. All handles are jeweler engraved on the plain, obverse, upper end with a facsimile of the HJ diamond emblem above the "RFS" initials while the reverse handles are jeweler engraved, "Mehlem". The 4-piece place settings consist or a dinner fork, coffee spoon, soup spoon (handles marked "Hansaat 90") and dinner knife (handle marked, "90"; blade marked, ".NR"). Included with the flatware are photocopies of a portion of the Hitler Youth organizational chart illustrating the direct line of control between the Reichsjugendführer and the RFS in Potsdam and Mehlem as well as the female schools at Potsdam and Godesberg. Extremely RARE, monogrammed flatware pattern used by only one school in the National-Socialist education system! Near MINT/MINT (23930 - 2 sets available) $400.@/Set