Germany, RAD. An Early Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst (German Women's Labour Service) Maidenführerin Membership Brooch

(Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, horizontal pinback with additional chain and safety pin for suspension, obverse depicts a mobile swastika flanked by six barley leaves with outer ring inscribed “Arbeit für dein Volk - Adelt dich selbst - Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst” (“Work for your people - Ennobles yourself - German Women’s Labour Service”), reverse bears serial number “72479”, measuring 44 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.