A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Archive right side above the eyepiece

right side above the eyepiece marked with the British Broad Arrow insignia and "GRATICULES 1/2 degree APART / and 1/4 degree

for 35/40 Years - In bronze gilt and enamels

with machine-embroidered swastikas

1937 in Toronto

Kirkpatrick and Caroline A

A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Archive right side above the eyepieceSilvered aluminum buckle on the right end, unmarked, illustrating the RAD upward facing shovel insignia surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves, the buckle measuring 48. 5 mm. Brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire with three rows of brown embroidery on the upper, interlaced with white threading, brown wool sides and underside, silvered magnetic metal receiving clip secured by the belt where it wraps around to the reverse and is stitched in place on