Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Auction Archive original shortened ribbon with safety

original shortened ribbon with safety pin attachment

in silvered bronze with forest green and white enamels

the lid liner maker marked “FORSTER & GRAF

yet he managed to control his Snipe and shoot down or drive down three more enemy aircraft (two German pilot casualties were Lt

Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Auction Archive original shortened ribbon with safety(Reichsarbeitsdienst Leiter M43 Feldmtze). Constructed of brown wool with fold down scalloped side panels, secured at the front by a single pebbled silver magnetic button. The cap features thick silver aluminum bullion piping along the crown in a thatched design. At the front of the cap is a metal RAD insignia, consisting of a white pointed spade with red bordering, and a back swastika in the center, with outward facing wheat stalks at a 45 degree