RAD Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years (for Men)
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SKU: 02.GTR.0305.101.01.000
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Germany, RAD. A Reich Labour Service Long Service Award, I Class, Women’s Version
(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I. Klasse für Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938-1943 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by wheat stalks, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE”), unmarked, measuring 33.02 mm (w) x 45.34 mm (h), weighing 23.3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.
The Long Service Awards were instituted by Adolf Hitler on January 30th, 1938, and they were conferred upon voluntary male and female members of the National Labour Service for long and meritorious service. The National Labour Service was established in 1929 as a voluntary service, but in June 1935, it became compulsorily for men ages 18-26 to serve for a period of six months. In 1938, the compulsory service period was extended to women.
The number of years serving in the RAD during war counted for double.
There are two versions of each grade, one for men and one for women. The Awards conferred upon men feature a swastika on a spade between two ears of barley. The Awards conferred upon women feature a large swastika between two ears of barley.
The ribbon of the I Class features a small eagle holding a swastika in a laurel wreath in its talons.
The eagle on the I Class for Men is sewn onto the ribbon using gilt thread.
The eagle on the I Class for Women is a small gilt pin facing right on the centre of the bow ribbon.
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