Attractive - and with certainty rarely encountered! - officers'-pattern, so-called: RAD (ie. 'Reichsarbeitsdienst') sleeve-badge (or: 'Dienststellenabzeichen') bearing the (to date unidentified!) specialist-designation: 'W VIII'

This is a very attractive - and with certainty rarely encountered! - officers'-version of a so-called: RAD (ie. 'Reichsarbeitsdienst') sleeve-badge (or: 'Dienststellen-Abzeichen') bearing the specialist-designation: bearing the (to date unidentified!) specialist-designation: 'W VIII' (of which the exact significance is not known to date) and that comes in an overall very nice- (ie. just moderately used- ie. most certainly once tunic-attached-), condition. These badges were worn on the upper left sleeve of the mustard-coloured (officers'-type-) RAD-tunics and/or garments. The badge which shows the bright-red-coloured- (and Gothic-styled!) 'W'-character and Roman-styled 'VIII' numeral) - is neatly executed in so-called 'flat-wire'-like, 'BeVo'-weave technique. The piece was carefully folded ie. trimmed as to be expected (and still shows some stitching-remains caused by having been once tunic-attached). The badge is neatly maker-marked and displays the interwoven so-called: 'Ges.Gesch.'-make as is more often found on RAD cloth-based badges- and/or insignia. This badge originates from a smaller collection of rarely seen RAD cloth-insignia I recently acquired for the web-site. It should be noted that all RAD officers'-type badges are comparatively scarcely encountered those intended for specialised functions (ie. bearing specific lettering such as the one on offer here!) even more so!

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