My RAD items.....

[MH184]

This is from the Arbeits book what does Luftrage mean, I saw Goring on the second page of the book put 2 & 2 together and came up with 9, it being the street

Any ideas?

[Chris Taylor]

Marcus-
Yes everyone did some type of Labor Service before entering the Armed Forces or some other type of State Service.

Here's the the best I can do on these 2 booklets, I'm sure anyone with better info will fill in what I don't know.

Your first book is not RAD but rather DAF (German Work Front), which basically was a consolidation by the NSDAP, under Dr. Robert Ley, of all the exsisting unions & trade craftamen that exsisted prior to 1933.

This book looks to be a membership booklet & the stamps are dues stamps.

Your other book is a work ID booklet which contained your personal info, work history, etc. This booklet was basically for civilian personel & it's my understanding that you would have to show this at check points, factories, for rations, etc. Basically one of several ways for them to track you & know who was where doing what.

I believe the word in your last photo is Auftrage (not Luftrage) which means "order".

Hope this can be of some help. If I come up w/anything else I'll let you know.

[MH184]

Thankyou for your time on this Chris, you've been very helpful. Sorry I thought they were RAD related.

Kind regards,

Marcus

[Tyler Ramsey]

Very Nice Stuff Chris!!!
The Pole Top is excellent!
Your very lucky to have all those RAD items, I am only just starting to fill up a shelf. I only have 4 or 5 items from the RAD but I am trying to get some more.
Again Great Stuff!

[Chris Taylor]

Looks like your off to a great start Tyler.

And you have the one thing I definitely need to add, a nice Hewer!

[Radcollector]

Looks like your off to a great start Tyler.

And you have the one thing I definitely need to add, a nice Hewer!

Hello Chris,

very nice stuff,Im glad to see other people are interested in collecting RAD stuff-Ive been getting more focused on collecting RAD in the last few years-can you post some more closeups of the pole top?


Yancy

[Chris Taylor]

Hello Chris,

very nice stuff,Im glad to see other people are interested in collecting RAD stuff-Ive been getting more focused on collecting RAD in the last few years-can you post some more closeups of the pole top?


Yancy

Thanks Yancy. Yes I love collecting RAD stuff.
It seems to me that it's one of the overlooked areas of Third Reich collecting, making it a little more easy on the wallet.

Here are a few more photos of the pole top.

Made of aluminum, it has the designers mark "PC" on one side of the base & a very worn makers mark & RAD control mark on the other.

[Chris Taylor]

Here's close up of the "PC" for the designer Paul Casberg....

[Chris Taylor]

You can barely make out the makers logo in this one. Aluminum being as soft as it is, it's worn down over the years, but it looks like the maker is "Gebitder Cosak".....

[Chris Taylor]

Heres one of the base too.
Let me know if there is anything else you would like a close up of.....

[Radcollector]

Heres one of the base too.
Let me know if there is anything else you would like a close up of.....

Hello,

very nice,thanks for the close ups chris,now all you need is a standard to go with it can you post some more pics of the cuff title-


Yancy

[Chris Taylor]

Thanks Yancy.
Yeah, I'm definitely picking up a standard when I come across one at the right price.

Here's a few close ups of the Emsland title......

[Chris Taylor]

Close up of the "Emsland"......

[Chris Taylor]

Close up of the RAD logo....

[Chris Taylor]

Here's one of the back showing how the same flat wire thread from the "Emsland" is used in the logo......