FAD Oval Cap Badge
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SKU: 80.GOR.03.01.03.002.000
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Constructed of gilt metal with the letters “FAD” placed within an oak wreath on a black wool backer; with a metal (magnetic) backing plate on the reverse; the vertical pinback on the reverse missing; measuring 32 mm (w) x 45 mm (h); in overall very fine condition.
The RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Reich Labour Service) was officially established on June 26, 1935 as the sole, and compulsory, labour service of Germany. Its purposes were to help the economy, curb unemployment, and indoctrinate its members with the NSDAP ideology, as well as play its part in militarising the German population.
The FAD (Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst = Voluntary Labour Service) was the precursor of the RAD in the early 1930s. Official uniform regulations were first introduced on October 1, 1933, with modifications made in July 1934. It is also known as NSAD (Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst = National Socialist Labour Service).
The earliest uniforms were a not entirely successful attempt at standardisation. They gave way to a second wave of FAD uniforms that, when the RAD was established, experienced no significant changes.
The FAD oval cap badge was probably introduced in 1933. It was produced and worn, albeit in very small numbers. Eventually, the cap badge was rejected and replaced with the newly introduced RAD headgear insignia.
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