Germany, RAD. A Model 1939 Service Tunic, Arbeitsdienstgruppe 271 Baden visually-hidden mostly illegible

mostly illegible

the cross has been padded with semi-soft material and covered with a khaki-coloured cloth backing

5 mm (h) inclusive of its swivel crown suspension

then returned to Halifax and re-attested for overseas service

1915 and is documented as having been wounded and gassed

Germany, RAD. A Model 1939 Service Tunic, Arbeitsdienstgruppe 271 Baden visually-hidden mostly illegible(Reichsarbeitsdienst Dienstrock M39). A very well preserved Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) Model 1939 service tunic, constructed of olive drab wool. It features a turned down collar which is topped by a layer of smooth brown wool, and flanked on each side by tabs constructed of black rayon and bearing machine embroidered silver grey insignia, reflecting ranks Vormann Untertruppfhrer (late pattern), and measuring 35 mm (w) x 70 mm (l).