Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Newly Listed An oval shaped oak leaf

An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered die stamped tombac (only traces of silver plating remains)

The letter is signed by Herbert Backe (1896–1947)

including Bad Polangen (Lithuania)

Private Joe Vezgoff remembered one incident:  “We were about a mile forward of the battalion

Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Newly Listed An oval shaped oak leafA rare Norwegian Female Labour Service (Arbeidstjenesten) brooch, constructed of gilded zink, the obverse bearing a central wheat stalk, flanked by initials AT in runic script, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 66 mm in diameter, weighing 10. 8 grams, most of the gilt finish has been lost, in overall very fine condition.