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    Unknown abbreviation RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst)

    Hello,

    does anyone know the abbreviation (RAD-OQB) on the car? Or does it not belong to RAD (i think the soldier is wearing a RAD-uniform). Maybe a loot vehicle?
    Thanks
    Greetings Oliver
    RAD1.jpg RAD2.jpg RAD3.jpg

    #2
    I don't believe the person standing on the car's running board is wearing a RAD uniform -- RAD uniforms included a unit patch on the left shoulder, above the Party Brassard -- and there is no brassard present -- and I don't believe that the RAD uniform included an overseas cap.

    Br. James

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      #3
      RADU.jpg
      Hello Br. James,

      i mean a uniform like this

      Greetings
      Oliver

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        #4
        [QUOTE=Br. James;n11773147 <> I don't believe that the RAD uniform included an overseas cap.

        Br. James[/QUOTE]

        It did. There's plenty of period pics showing RAD personnel waering an /s cap.

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          #5
          In volume 5 from the headgear series "Headgear of Hitler's Germany"
          the wearing of the field-cap is fully explained, pages 334 through 348
          for enlisted ranks, as well as officers. Even Konstantin Hierl is seen
          wearing one.

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            #6
            It appears to be an officer stopping to observe a very long line of French POWs marching to internment. So that places it in France in mid 1940 with leaves still on the trees. Were there RAD units in combat areas that early in the war Wim?

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              #7
              To be honest, I would not know as when the RAD was first in France.
              Do not know if I do have that particular information, but it would not be
              strange, as they often were just behind the army troops.
              Maybe this is the reason of not wearing an armband, as there were
              rules about that for foreign countries, as far as I know. The NSKK for
              example did not wear one outside Germany!

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                #8
                Originally posted by oliverzx6 View Post
                Hello,

                does anyone know the abbreviation (RAD-OQB) on the car? Or does it not belong to RAD (i think the soldier is wearing a RAD-uniform). Maybe a loot vehicle?
                Thanks
                Greetings Oliver
                Looks like the original license plate attachment was removed...notice the three small holes above the handle on the trunk. Also, I believe the abbreviation is RAD-00B. Looking closer at an enlargement, the second of the last three letters really isn't a Q. So it would be a temp RAD license on a requisitioned vehicle.

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