Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Leader’s Belt Buckle by Assmann visually-hidden faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte

faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte & Hohfeld

a small studio portrait depicting Paar in a SS-Verfügungstruppe uniform

consisting of communication between commanding officers of Lachmann’s unit and Lachmann’s father

minor chipping evident in the white enamels on 6 o'clock arm

that his religion was Methodist and that his trade was that of Moulder

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Leader’s Belt Buckle by Assmann visually-hidden faintly maker marked “L/54” (Schauerte(Reichsarbeitsdienst Leiter Grtelschnalle). Of three piece aluminum construction, the obverse bearing a raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within a circular wheat stalk wreath, the reverse with a clip and belt loop, marked A for Assmann & Shne, as well as DRGM and 37 for the issue date of 1937, measuring 47 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.