Germany. A Female Rad “Arbeitsmaid” Rank Brooch; First Pattern Auction with a hand-painted centrepiece

with a hand-painted centrepiece

inscribed "The Best Kite in the World

Hartmann - Leutnant of Fighter Wing 52 and top Fighter Ace in the history of aerial warfare

very nice quality shield

At a later date

Germany. A Female Rad “Arbeitsmaid” Rank Brooch; First Pattern Auction with a hand-painted centrepieceA third reich period female RAD subsidiary (Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst German Womens Labour Service) Arbeitsmaid rank brooch; constructed of bronze; the obverse depicting a mobile swastika, with six wheat stalks, circumscribed Arbeit fr dein Volk adelt dich selbst (German Labour on behalf of the people nobles you) in traditional German script; horizontal pinback lightly bent but funcitonal; unmarked, but numbered 18121 on the reverse; measuring 43.