Germany, Rad. An Early Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst (German Women's Labour Service) Maidenführerin Membership Brooch Newly Listed Silvered and red enamellled bronze

Silvered and red enamellled bronze insignia mounted to a 15

Malaya and the Dutch East Indies

with Boatswain's Mate First Class Smith having participated in six of them (he did not serve on the Third Patrol)

Instituted in 1822

52 mm x 30

Germany, Rad. An Early Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst (German Women's Labour Service) Maidenführerin Membership Brooch Newly Listed Silvered and red enamellled bronze(Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, horizontal pinback with additional chain and safety pin for suspension, obverse depicts a mobile swastika flanked by six barley leaves with outer ring inscribed Arbeit fr dein Volk Adelt dich selbst Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst (Work for your people Ennobles yourself German Womens Labour Service), reverse bears serial number 72479, measuring 44 mm in diameter,