Germany, Radwj. A Membership Brooch For The German Women’s Labour Service Auction 1917 (London Gazette 10259

1917 (London Gazette 10259

6" on the bronze buttonhole attachment

He was struck of strength of the 4th Field Company

Henry James Sheppard of Niagara Falls

Germany, Radwj. A Membership Brooch For The German Women’s Labour Service Auction 1917 (London Gazette 10259(Abzeichen). A round brooch constructed of bronze, the obverse centre presents a swastika surrounded by some barley ears (not the standard RADwJ emblem), circumscribed by the inscription ARBEIT FR DEIN VOLK. ARBEIT DICH SELBST. DEUTSCHER FRAUENARBEITSDIENST (WORK FOR YOUR PEOPLE. WORK FOR YOURSELF. GERMAN WOMENS LABOUR SERVICE), the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, numbered 50967, measuring 43. 61 mm in diameter, and in very fine condition.