Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Faithful Service Medal Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidery

(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidery on a black cotton/rayon base

the Medal was redesigned and isssued around 1894 bearing the semblance of the new Sovereign

A HJ Leistungsbuch (proficiency book)

""1076"" and the year of the establishment of the NDH

within silver ring

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Faithful Service Medal Auction (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): White embroidery(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central black swastika, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 41. 36 mm (w) x 46. 18 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.