Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Blackened bronze with green enamels

Blackened bronze with green enamels

round enameled insignia at the top signifies Gendarmerie

circular Civil Defense insignia printed in red and blue inks on a triangular white cotton field

with two on each breast

heavily loaded with their bombs and then into German airspace

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude Blackened bronze with green enamels(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a mobile swastika, within a circular wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs connecting to a period original brown leather strap, the latter retaining traces of a makers mark of FRIEDRICH LINDEN, LDENSCHEID, circumscribing a date of 1938, the buckle measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in overall near