Germany, RAD. A Leader’s Armband

(Armbinde für Leiter der Reichsarbeitsdienst). Constructed of a brown cotton/rayon blend, the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire piping, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) insignia of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 220 mm (w) x 105 mm (h) when folded on a flat surface, with minor fatigue evident to the wire features, in overall extremely fine condition.