Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. Newly Listed with five pointed star shaped

with five pointed star shaped appliqué in solid 22k GOLD and enamels

he took sick on May 3rd and after 22 days

(1872-1918 issue)

measures 33mm (w) x 47

the upper finished in a smooth green veneer

Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. Newly Listed with five pointed star shaped(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by a mobile swastika, situated within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the former retaining an original brown leather strap bearing a makers mark of DRANSFELD & CO., MENDEN I W, circumscribing a manufacture date of