A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Archive Topcliffe (beginning in 1940 to

Topcliffe (beginning in 1940 to January 1942) before going to the Far East

light sweat staining on the headband

Kirkpatrick and Caroline A

right side above the eyepiece marked with the British Broad Arrow insignia and "GRATICULES 1/2 degree APART / and 1/4 degree

A Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst = Rad) Officer's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle Archive Topcliffe (beginning in 1940 toSilvered aluminum buckle on the right end, unmarked, illustrating the RAD upward facing shovel insignia surrounded by a wreath of wheat sheaves, the buckle measuring 48. 5 mm. Brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire with three rows of brown embroidery on the upper, interlaced with white threading, brown wool sides and underside, silvered magnetic metal receiving clip secured by the belt where it wraps around to the reverse and is stitched in place on