Germany. A Female Rad “Maidenführerin” Rank Badge; First Pattern Newly Listed " Kirkbride was granted permission

" Kirkbride was granted permission to marry Dorothy Francis Matilda Kirkbride on July 4

with four yellow embroidered Enlisted Man rank insignia sewn onto the collar

and trimmed in braided rayon piping around each tab

as they weren't very attractive

The new year saw him struck off strength on transfer to the Canadian Forestry Corps Depot on January 1

Germany. A Female Rad “Maidenführerin” Rank Badge; First Pattern Newly Listed " Kirkbride was granted permissionA third reich period female RAD subsidiary (Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst German Womens Labour Service) Maidenfhrerin rank brooch; constructed of silvered bronze; the obverse depicting a mobile swastika, with six wheat stalks, circumscribed Arbeit fr dein Volk adelt dich selbst (German Labour on behalf of the people nobles you) in traditional German script; horizontal pinback l; unmarked, but numbered 52446 on the reverse; measuring 43. 66 mm in