Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity reverse engraved (von Zedlitz 1917)

reverse engraved (von Zedlitz 1917)

An example of a very well preserved second war German Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp “Nahkampfspange in Bronze”

awarded for the development and strengthening of peace and cooperation between nations

intact thick bulbous enamels

black cloth backer with horizontal pinback on the larger one

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity reverse engraved (von Zedlitz 1917)(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws retaining a period original brown leather strap, both the strap and buckle maker marked with the logos of Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in