Germany, RAD - Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service) badge, 1939, maker's signature on the back, white metal and enamel, oval shape 22 x 16,5 mm, pin length 50 mm., in good condition.
Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD)- Reich Labor Service, from 1933-1945 a mass organization for the civic and military adaptation of youth in the Third Reich, which performed auxiliary functions to the Wehrmacht during World War II. The RAD shaped young people's attitudes toward the state by working for the Third Reich.