Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. United Republic of one of the few tangible

one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea

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on loop for suspension from neck ribbon

document giving him permission to call himself Leutnant of the reserve

A pair of Army of Occupation Medals

Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. United Republic of one of the few tangible(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by a mobile swastika, situated within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the former retaining an original brown leather strap bearing a makers mark of DRANSFELD & CO., MENDEN I W, circumscribing a manufacture date of