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C013656 DUTCH LABOR SERVICE FEMALE EM/NCO'S SLEEVE BADGE.
BACKGROUND:
The NAD, "Nederlandse Arbeids Dienst" (Dutch Labor Service), replaced, in May of 1941, the Dutch Reconstruction Service which was created immediately after the occupation, a year earlier, to employ demobilized Dutch soldiers. Men and women over the age of eighteen were compelled to serve for six months in the new organization, and volunteers for longer, although conscription was only applied to men, and only from 1943 onwards. The NAD was increasingly infiltrated by members of the Dutch NSB, "Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging" (National Socialist Movement), becoming openly collaborationist.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A shield-shaped insignia, sewn to a slightly larger, field-grey wool base, 3 1/16" wide and 4 1/16" tall. Within the black border of the interior shield (distinguishing it as for a non-commissioned rank, as the officers’ version had a silver border), and against its light grey wool background, is a machine woven "trifos" or "triskele" (being an ancient Celtic symbol effectively in the form of a three-legged sun wheel swastika), encircled by a black ring, against which are woven three silvery-white sprigs of barley. "A.D." (for "Arbeids Dienst") is woven beneath the aforementioned. Remnants of a paper backing may be seen to the reverse, and loose threads, from its having been removed from a uniform, are along its field-grey base. Light nap wear, as well as age and usage soiling, is evident throughout. Unique.
GRADE **** PRICE $352.00
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