Germany, Radwj. A National Labour Service Of The Female Youths Service Brooch, By Assmann Auction Archive cover of top panel illustrating

cover of top panel illustrating the 53rd Infantry Battalion insignia surrounded by the inscription "FOR KING AND EMPIRE / UNITED WE STAND"

silvered eagle and gilded wreath (very good gilding and silvering)

lightly bruised

the 51st Division was transferred from Indochina and placed under General Hitoshi Imamura's Eighth Area Army at Rabaul

Collingwood on April 19

Germany, Radwj. A National Labour Service Of The Female Youths Service Brooch, By Assmann Auction Archive cover of top panel illustrating(Abzeichen des Reichsarbeitsdienst der Weiblichen Jugend). Constructed of aluminum; horizontal pinback; marked with the makers mark of Assmann; measuring 43 mm (w) x 33 mm (h); in overall better than very fine condition.