A Mint Rad (National Labour Service) Leader’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive 1933 Charlottenburg-Spandau Tag der Jugend

1933 Charlottenburg-Spandau Tag der Jugend badge (29

but present within the crevices of the badge

When he enlisted at the Recruit Depot in Plymouth on February 26

Ebony-coloured wooden handle is chipped where it meets the lower crossguard and has experienced crazing around the SS insignia and chipping on both sides where it butts the upper crossguard

chipping and repair evident on the red glass cabochons

A Mint Rad (National Labour Service) Leader’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive 1933 Charlottenburg-Spandau Tag der JugendThis is a RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst National Labour Service) leaders belt buckle; in aluminum with a matte silver aluminum finish; the obverse with a standard RAD motif consisting of a spade with a mobile swastika superimposed in the centre, surrounded by five stalks of wheat along the edge of the buckle; the reverse with a standard double claw prongs and catch accompanied by a receiver; measuring 48 mm in diameter; mint condition.