Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac much of which was destroyed

much of which was destroyed by fire in 1888

the reverse centre presents the name “Gilbert Wolf” in script

Kirkpatrick of Toronto

All suspended from a 175 mm-long bar featuring a bronze core

(VDA = Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland) : Silvered bronze with blue enamels

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac much of which was destroyed(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I . Klasse fr Mnner). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension from a period ribbon featuring a post war replacement embroidered eagle device, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by