Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. Archive Republic of Italy coat-of-arms on

Republic of Italy coat-of-arms on the lid

As part of the royal court

"then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression

Coronation 1911

Germany, RAD. An Enlisted Ranks Belt Buckle, by Dransfeld & Co. Archive Republic of Italy coat-of-arms on(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia in the form of a shovel head defaced by a mobile swastika, situated within a wreath of wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the former retaining an original brown leather strap bearing a makers mark of DRANSFELD & CO., MENDEN I W, circumscribing a manufacture date of