Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction so called "German Badge" worn

so called "German Badge" worn sewn onto upper part of the left sleeve

after thirty years of commissioned service and he requested that his retirement be shown as taking place at his own request

on a white cross base

Scattered fraying along the edges of the aluminum wire on the upper

Footnote: James Rowland Fawcett Stewart was born on December 14

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction so called "German Badge" worn(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a raised mobile swastika, within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, with a period original leather strap bearing a makers mark of NOELLE & HUECK, LDENSCHEID and a date of 1937, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.