Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie United Republic of 003 other ranks

003 other ranks

The interior of the shorts features a loop and zink button arrangement accommodating two cotton suspender fasteners emanating from the exterior belt loop

the inscription flanked by the Austrian coat-of-arms at the left and the Hungarian coat-of-arms at the right

1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

by "Disobeying an order in that he absented himself from a draft

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie United Republic of 003 other ranks(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised shovel head bearing a mobile swastika, within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with dual attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.