Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounding a central red enameled

surrounding a central red enameled Tyrol-style German national eagle clutching a bullseye target defaced by a swastika

Since his Wehrpaß doesn’t mention these assignments

constructed of an olive-drab painted magnetic metal shell

much of which was destroyed by fire in 1888

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounding a central red enameled(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I . Klasse fr Mnner). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension from a period ribbon featuring a post war replacement embroidered eagle device, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by