Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Newly Listed 1848-1918 (bronze gilt

1848-1918 (bronze gilt

on full length original neck ribbon with silk interior and button clasp at each end

being placed in the 9th Company in November and the 3rd Company in April

George VI (GRI cypher)

and seldom awarded

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Newly Listed 1848-1918 (bronze gilt(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a mobile swastika, within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, maker marked R. S. S. for Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.