Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Archive slight discolouration in the white

slight discolouration in the white piping

76981 ERNEST F

The badges were made in Paris

but it was for his services in 17th Divisional Train from June 1916 that he was awarded his D

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years Archive slight discolouration in the white(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I . Klasse fr Mnner). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension from a period ribbon featuring a post war replacement embroidered eagle device, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by