German RADwJ Arbeitsmaid Rank Brooch Badge
$49.97
A third pattern (1939), die struck zinc, convex brooch. The 44mm diameter brooch features a smooth outer border encompassing a pebbled field, upon which is embossed a mobile swastika held aloft by two sprigs of barley. Complete with original pin-back device. Unmarked. Black painted reverse and silvered front.
The Reich Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major paramilitary organization established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarize the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labour service, divided into separate sections for men and women.
From June 1935 onward, men aged between 18 and 25 may have served six months before their military service. During World War II, compulsory service also included young women, and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces.
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