Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Newly Listed 87 mm x 41

87 mm x 41

A Second War Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Magnetic/iron core

Exiting the lining on either side just below each armpit is a greenish-brown rayon belt

Two side pockets feature scalloped diagonal flaps closing with black bakelite buttons meeting reinforced buttonholes

for the storage of ammunition

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Newly Listed 87 mm x 41(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of silvered aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM