Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Long Service Medal, Ii Class For 18 Years, Women’s Version Auction probably unfinished or trial piece

probably unfinished or trial piece

It shows a group of eight Heer soldiers positioned around a regimental flag

measuring approximately 37-38 mm in diameter

First Oak Leaf Cluster (to Colonel John J

inside of a laurel wreath with a swastika at the bottom

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Long Service Medal, Ii Class For 18 Years, Women’s Version Auction probably unfinished or trial piece(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst II. Stufe Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised RAD insignia in the form of mobile swastika between wheat stalks, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE