Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne GTRexclude 30 mm (w) x 83

30 mm (w) x 83

with a superposed yellow and white enameled four armed cross with blue enameled Chinese Thunder Clouds in each quadrant both

A lesser Commanding Officer might have been tempted to select the weaker links of his bat­tal­ion

The pages are bound by a multi-coloured twisted string looped through four eyelets set into the binding

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne GTRexclude 30 mm (w) x 83(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a mobile swastika, within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, maker marked R. S. S. for Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.