Germany, RAD. A Reich Labour Service Long Service Award, I Class, Women’s Version
(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I. Klasse für Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938-1943 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by wheat stalks, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE”), unmarked, measuring 33.02 mm (w) x 45.34 mm (h), weighing 23.3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.

