Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Leader’s Belt Buckle by Assmann visually-hidden faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte

faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte & Hohfeld

the obverse consisting of a gilded oval oak and laurel wreath

reverse bearing the inscription RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE  over a sprig of laurel leaves and the inscription GUERRE / 1939 / 1945

22 mm (w) x 80

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Leader’s Belt Buckle by Assmann visually-hidden faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte(Reichsarbeitsdienst Leiter Grtelschnalle). Of three piece aluminum construction, the obverse bearing a raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with a clip and belt loop, marked A for Assmann & Shne, as well as DRGM and 37 for the issue date of 1937, measuring 47 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.