Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Reichsbahn Female Staff Service Badge Newly Listed topped by initials “RKS”

topped by initials “RKS”

contact on the lower right of the cross

The other two are also impressed denoting Canadian issue

the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact and retaining a period original length of ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Reichsbahn Female Staff Service Badge Newly Listed topped by initials “RKS”(Dienstnadel der Eisenbahnerinnen). Constructed of bronze,the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Reichsbahn insignia in the form of a winged wheel, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting around wire catch, unmarked, measuring 30. 32 mm (w) x 21. 95 mm (h), a scarcely encountered badge in extremely fine condition.