Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Badge: silvered metal and blue

Badge: silvered metal and blue enamels

for Rudolf Karneth”on the reverse

and Hauptgefolgschaftsführer

the other by Ferdinand Hoffstätter (marked “8” on the reverse)

17 mm x 109 mm)

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Badge: silvered metal and blue(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws retaining a period original brown leather strap, both the strap and buckle maker marked with the logos of Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in