GERMAN RAD 12 YEAR SERVICE MEDAL WITH RIBBON

German RAD 12 year long service medal. Silver with blue ribbon. For loyal services for the state.

Back of medal marked as follows:

FUR
TREUE
DIENFTE
IM
RIECHS-AEBEITS
DIENFT

FOR
LOYALTY
SERVICES
IN THE
REICH WORK
SERVICE

The Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology.Reichs Arbeitsdienst Labor Service 12 Year Service Medal