Germany. A Female Rad “Arbeitsmaid” Rank Brooch; First Pattern Newly Listed 16mm x 27mm

16mm x 27mm

Light bronze

93mm(w) x 58

an invite to an “especially important matter” in the implementation of the Four Year Plan shortly before attack on Russia (209x296mm

patina from age with light to moderate soiling

Germany. A Female Rad “Arbeitsmaid” Rank Brooch; First Pattern Newly Listed 16mm x 27mmA third reich period female RAD subsidiary (Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst German Womens Labour Service) Arbeitsmaid rank brooch; constructed of bronze; the obverse depicting a mobile swastika, with six wheat stalks, circumscribed Arbeit fr dein Volk adelt dich selbst (German Labour on behalf of the people nobles you) in traditional German script; horizontal pinback lightly bent but funcitonal; unmarked, but numbered 18121 on the reverse; measuring 43.