Germany, RAD. A Mint Long Service Award, IV Class for Women Auction Archive 5 mm x 132

5 mm x 132

the underside in black wool

Footnote Major Graf: Hermann Graf (1912–1988) was a highly decorated Luftwaffe ace during the Second World War

complemented by three metal posts on the inside of the collar for placement of a protective liner

Germany, RAD. A Mint Long Service Award, IV Class for Women Auction Archive 5 mm x 132(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst IV. Klasse fr Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie style ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and button by ribbon, the obverse bearing a mobile swastika situated within wheat stalks, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE