RADwJ Cap Insignia (silver version)

CATEGORY: Version

SKU: 80.GOR.03.01.04.001.001

Estimated market value:

$40 USD

  • RADwJ Cap Insignia (silver version) Obverse
  • RADwJ Cap Insignia (silver version) Reverse

Estimated market value:

$40 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany
  • Composition
    Aluminum
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the RADwJ Cap Insignia (silver version) is attributed to Helmut Weitze Militärische Antiquitäten KG.

History


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 hat insignia of the RADwJ is an oval with a swastika and two wheat ears. It is made of metal, and, depending on rank, either gold-coloured (Stabshauptführerin to Stabsführerin), silver-coloured (Maidenhauptführerin to Maidenoberführerin), bronze-coloured (Maidenführerin to Jungführerin), or “old silver”/iron in colour (Kameradschaftsälteste to Arbeitsmaid). The insignia was worn on the right side of the hat band.

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