Organisational Badges RAD Honour pin

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On 26/12/2006 at 11:32, Scowen said:

The only reference that I can find to this is in Angolia's "Labour Organizations of the Reich":

 

"Since the RAD was a national, rather than Party, organization it's uniforms and insignia were not subject to control by the Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM-National Supply Agency). They were, however, legally protected. Only authorized makers could supply the RAD. This authorization was indicated by a license or regestration mark (Zulassungseichen) depicted by an inverted triangle enclosing the letters FADJ and later RADJ with GES. to the left, and GESCH. to the right."

 

So that implies anything other than this is incorrect...... This also poses the question as to the so called Type II badges/pins of which all that I've seen so far do not have the triangle at all, only the Ges. Gesch. Are these earlier than the Type I's thus too early for the mark (the original 1st design RADwJ brooch worn until 1937 never had such a mark) or are these fakes?????

 

Cheers

Don

The sign says RLAD, which stands for Reichsleitung des Arbeitsdienstes/Reichsarbeitsdienstleitung.
The L indeed is positioned backwards. Years ago it was often said it was a J, but that is not correct.

This symbol denotes the official permission to produce the article and so the authorization by the 
RAD High Command.