Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction before returning the 1st Battalion

before returning the 1st Battalion

after thirty years of commissioned service and he requested that his retirement be shown as taking place at his own request

on a white cross base

of which A

illustrating the Red Cross eagle and wreath insignia

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction before returning the 1st Battalion(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a raised mobile swastika, within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, with a period original leather strap bearing a makers mark of NOELLE & HUECK, LDENSCHEID and a date of 1937, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.