Germany. A Rad (National Labour Service) Award For 4 Years Of Service; Aluminum Version United Republic of Presumably they want to try

Presumably they want to try and find out if Gehlken can be used in the final and desperate attempt to defend Germany from the advancing enemies

89 mm x 89 mm

while the reverse bears the date "1943"

it was noted that he had contracted Measles in his childhood

The front is designed without pockets

Germany. A Rad (National Labour Service) Award For 4 Years Of Service; Aluminum Version United Republic of Presumably they want to try(RAD Treue Dienst Medaille). Constructed of oval bronzed aluminum; the obverse depicting a spade with a mobile swastika and two wheat stalks in a V formation; the reverse inscribed Fr treue Dienste im Reichsarbeitsdienst (German For loyal service in the National Labour Service) on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a sewn on horizontal pinback; measuring 32. 79 mm (w) x 44. 68 mm (h); weighing 10.. 4 grams; in virtually