Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Newly Listed 55th Regiment Foot)

55th Regiment Foot)

Two side pockets feature scalloped diagonal flaps closing with black bakelite buttons meeting reinforced buttonholes

On the top of the page there is a drawing of a nature scene with the Kyffhäuser monument in the background

the banner reads пролетарии всех стран соединяйтесь (Workers of the world unite

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Newly Listed 55th Regiment Foot)(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of silvered aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM