Germany, RAD. A Service Cap for Enlisted Ranks Auction with standard Army field-gray rayon/wool

with standard Army field-gray rayon/wool bland underneath

He was rushed and admitted to No

made up of volunteers who came forward to fight for France during the First World War

during the Battle of the Somme

The reverse of the photo bears a typewritten inscription of “JUNI 41

Germany, RAD. A Service Cap for Enlisted Ranks Auction with standard Army field-gray rayon/wool(Reichsarbeitsdienst Arbeitsdienstmtze fr Mannschaften). A very well preserved Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) Robin Hood service cap, constructed of olive drab wool. It features a raised canister surrounded by side walls which are trimmed along the edge with black wool piping and slope downward toward the front. Dual ventilation holes flank each side of the canister, and are reinforced with magnetic metal grommets. A dark brown wool