Germany, RAD. A Lot of Service Photo Albums Featuring West Wall Construction

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Fotoalbum Konvolut). A Lot of Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service/RAD) commemorative service photos albums, including:

1. A unit-attributed album to Erich Stamsen of Arbeitsgau XIX (Oldenburg), constructed of a card stock binding, the interior content consisting of 12 card stock pages pasted with 75 black-and-white photos depicting the owner’s 1936 service in the RAD, with images of personnel constructing the West Wall, participating in sports, and at leisure, featuring handwritten dedications from Stamsen’s fellow RAD personnel, supplemented by loose paperwork, measuring 21.5 cm (w) x 34 cm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue, in near extremely fine condition.

2. A unit-attributed album to an unnamed member of Arbeitsgau XXVIIa (Saar-Pfalz), constructed of a card stock binding, the interior content consisting of eight off-white card stock pages (two loose) pasted with 37 black-and-white photos, arranged into subjects with captions and depicting all aspects of the owner’s 1936 service with the RAD, including forestry work, trench digging, leisure, drilling, and camp life, supplemented by loose paperwork, including a loose Wehrmacht publication presumably dating from the owner’s entry into active military service, the album measuring 21.5 cm (w) x 34 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

3. A named and unit-attributed album to Herbert Kleinsorge of RAD-Abteilung 2/205 (Dortmund-Lanstrop), constructed of a card stock binding, the interior content consisting of seven card stock pages (all loose) pasted with 62 black-and-white photos depicting the owner’s service with the RAD, including images of personnel performing farm work, camp life, and leisure, including a large loose group image, measuring 21.5 cm (w) x 34 cm (h), in very fine condition.