Germany, RAD. A Rare and Mint Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, Women’s Issue Auction Epsom on October 31st

Epsom on October 31st

maker marked “26” for B

around a central depiction of an S-Boat cutting through waves with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath

measuring 35 mm (w) x 70 m (h)

The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece khaki-tan rayon liner

Germany, RAD. A Rare and Mint Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years, Women’s Issue Auction Epsom on October 31st(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre Frauen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a mobile swastika flanked by wheat stalks, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST (FOR FAITHFUL