Bidspirit auction | Reich Labour Service Cufftitle ”W”

Reich Labour Service Cufftitle ”W” - RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst)(Reich Labour Service) EM/NCO'S ”W” (Westwall) Assignment Identification Cufftitle (Ärmelstreiffen). Introduced in January of 1939, the special lettered cufftitle was worn by RAD personal working on defensive positions in the Siegfried line. The cufftitles were produced in both officer and enlisted versions. The various letters used denoted different regions, (S) Saar, (R) Rhein, (T) Teir, (W) Westwall , etc. The cufftitle was withdrawn from service sometime after April of 1941. A very decent example of an enlisted cufftitle. Machine woven, rayon construction. White (enlisted) ”W” and stripes on a black field. Machine woven to the top of its rayon base, in white threads, is ”RADJ” within an inverted triangle, ”SSS” in triangal beneath it, and ”Ges.” and ”Gesch., ” for ”Gesetzlich Geschützt” (By-law Protected), to either side of it. ”SSS” stands for the manufacturer's abbreviation: Sehlbach Sohn & Steinhoff (Wuppertal). The numbers 39 mean the year of production - 1939.