Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Auction Archive Units of sport date back

Units of sport date back to 1940 with the creation of a football (soccer) team

measuring 80 mm (w) x 145 mm (l) x 18 mm (h)

Accompanied by their 73 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) Ribbon Bar with pinback

Signature on Post War Photo: Fritz Michel

In the early days

Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Auction Archive Units of sport date back(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