F.A.D Belt buckle

The Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (FAD) (Voluntary Labor Service) was a German government employment program during the Weimar Republic. It was established in 1931 as a productive unemployment benefit measure, primarily aimed at unemployed young people. To provide jobs and occupations for the unemployed during the Great Depression. Participants carried out work in the public interest, such as traffic projects. Participation was based on voluntariness, although there were few material incentives. Although slow to start, the number of volunteers grew from 7,000 at the end of 1931 to 285,000 in November 1932. It was open to all Germans aged 18 to 25, of both sexes. The FAD was not disbanded after the Nazis seized power, but was taken over by them and transformed into the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) (Reich Labor Service). The RAD became a compulsory labor service, in line with Nazi ideology, and lost its voluntary character.

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In a very good condition this rare F.A.D belt buckle. It has it's original brown leather tongue, maker marked. The buckle has a very nice pebbled background. An original and rare item.