Germany, Radwj. A Membership Brooch For The German Women’s Labour Service Auction with ribbon and pinback)

with ribbon and pinback)

220 mm x 361 mm

marked 44 on ring

6" on the bronze buttonhole attachment

Germany, Radwj. A Membership Brooch For The German Women’s Labour Service Auction with ribbon and pinback)(Abzeichen). A round brooch constructed of bronze, the obverse centre presents a swastika surrounded by some barley ears (not the standard RADwJ emblem), circumscribed by the inscription ARBEIT FR DEIN VOLK. ARBEIT DICH SELBST. DEUTSCHER FRAUENARBEITSDIENST (WORK FOR YOUR PEOPLE. WORK FOR YOURSELF. GERMAN WOMENS LABOUR SERVICE), the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, numbered 50967, measuring 43. 61 mm in diameter, and in very fine condition.