Germany, RAD. A Rare and Mint Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, Women’s Issue Auction red wool backers

red wool backers

measuring 35 mm (w) x 70 m (h)

a wooden exterior  with silvered plaque on the lid inscribed LA ORGANIZACION SINDICAL AGRARIA BURGALESA AL CAMARADA EMILIO ANTON CRESPO

a phrase first used by the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time

Germany, RAD. A Rare and Mint Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, Women’s Issue Auction red wool backers(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a mobile swastika flanked by wheat stalks, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST (FOR FAITHFUL