Germany, RAD. A Reich Labour Service Officer’s Overseas Cap
(Reichsarbeitsdienst Feldmütze). A Reich Labour Service (RAD) officer’s overseas cap, constructed of olive-drab wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panelling, the front of which is trimmed with silver aluminum wire piping. The crown is similarly trimmed around the circumference with silver aluminum wire piping, and is flanked on each side by a ventilation hole reinforced with a brown magnetic metal eyelet. Stitched onto the front of the cap is a RAD insignia in the form of a silver aluminum wire and red-threaded shovel head bearing a black mobile swastika, within silver aluminum wire wheat stalks. The insignia measures 42 mm (w) x 42 mm (h). The interior is plain with the exception of a light brown cotton liner. The cap is unmarked and measures approximately 290 mm (l) x 105 mm (h) when folded. It is in an overall extremely fine condition.

