RAD Anhalt Sleeveband

SKU: 80.GOR.03.02.03.02.005

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  • RAD Anhalt Sleeveband Obverse
  • RAD Anhalt Sleeveband Obverse Detail
  • RAD Anhalt Sleeveband Reverse
  • RAD Anhalt Sleeveband Reverse Detail

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  • country
    Germany
  • date of institution
    April 23, 1935

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.

This sleeveband was introduced on April 23, 1935. It was worn by Officers on the staff of Arbeitsgau XIII (Magdeburg-Anhalt) and all personnel of Group 135. It is light green with white Roman letters, with a red top and bottom stripe.

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