A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold s period manufacture cross

s period manufacture cross

19 MAR 1941" on the inside leaf

He was a Second Lieutenant (on probation)

inscribed "DAK" (Deutsches Afrikakorps) in the National tri-colours

It was at this time that the Paris jewelry firm Frères Piel (Piel Brothers)

A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Hold s period manufacture crossSilvered 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