This page is meant to serve as a kind of “master list” with links to businesses that sell items you can use as part of your League of German Girls impression.
If you know of any vendor who is selling reproduction BDM items, as well as reproduction items that can be worn with the uniform such as shoes, stockings, trachten sweaters, etc., please email the links to the webmaster. Please note, I will not recommend any right wing websites, no matter how nice the items are they sell.
Insignia Vendors
→ Landser Outfitters
The fine folks at Landser reproduced BeVo woven Hitler Youth cloth badges and BDM gau triangles for our group. The gau triangles are for West Westmark, which is the region on the French border in South-West Germany. The cloth Hitler Youth insignia goes onto the jackets, sports shirts, and lots of other clothing items.
→ WepHaus
Scroll through the long list of items they sell to find the HJ membership pins. They are nice reproductions and at $8, they’re also the cheapest I’ve found.
→ Militaria Net
They sell Gau triangles for a variety of regions, for both BDM as well as the male HJ. The only catch is that these are embroidered, and not BeVo. If you need a patch for a specific region, this is currently the only way to have it made affordably.
Please search the internet for correct period lanyards.
Uniform Vendors
→ 1944 Militaria
1944 Militaria sell great reproductions of German World War II uniforms, and while they don’t do female uniforms in particular, they have some uniform items you can use. The SS sweat suit sets they sell are absolutely correct for your BDM impression. The top has the half zipper and the bottoms are elastic at waist and ankles. You just have to take the SS insignia off! They also sell sports shoes (start at a men’s size 8) and shorts, but I wasn’t 100% happy with material and cut of the shorts.
Equipment and Field Vendors
→ Hessen Antique
While they don’t have photos of all their items up, Hessen Antique does carry a lot of different and interesting things that you can use for your impression: blue-and-white checkered bed linens, reproduction flashlights, and loads of different styles of repro backpacks and Tornister.
→ At The Front
At The Front are a major living history uniform and equipment suppliers and they put out quality reproductions. While it’s mostly military stuff, a lot of it can be used for your BDM impression as well: mess tins, grey wool scarves, grey wool gloves, tent poles and pegs, and military grey blankets.
Miscellaneous Vendors
→ Aris Allen Swing Dance Shoes
As the title implies, this company sells shoes for swing dancing, including some very nice reproductions of 1930s and 1940s ladies Oxfords that could be worn for the BDM impression. They sell Oxfords in suede, black and nude colors, as well as in the 1940’s style mesh (comes in white).
→ All Heals on Duty
Reproduction Oxfords with 6 month payment plan. Variety of colors to choose from.
→ German Clocks and Gift
Here you will find the highest quality of table cloths, table runners, linens, etc.
→ Sock Dreams
They sell almost every stocking and sock you could imagine and want, in every size. They have nice thigh-length wool or cotton stockings that will work great for your impression. Stockings should be grey or brown in color to be correct, and in the “thigh high” section the styles that look good are the Ribbed M Stockings, M40s, Wool M40s, and Super Ms Wool.
→ The Vermont Country Store
Sells a lot of period correct items such as elastic-free cotton ankle socks, cotton slips and period correct underwear, hair rats, handkerchiefs, and loads of other goodies. This site also has nice shave kits for men, and make sure you check the “Brands from the Past” section.
→ Vintage Optical Shop
Here you can find vintage eyeglasses.