RAD Dienstausweis – Oberfeldmeister – 3x Awards – Combat Service with Wehrmacht & Luftwaffe

Original wartime German RAD Ausweis belonging to Oberfeldmeister Prigge, documenting an extensive career in the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) together with later wartime deployments.

The document contains numerous original handwritten entries, official stamps, signatures and service annotations, providing a fascinating record of the holder’s wartime service.

Service History

• Rank: Oberfeldmeister
• Promoted to Oberfeldmeister: January 1940
• RAD-Abteilung 2/172
• RAD-Abteilung 3/328 (XXXII Metz)
• Kommandiert to Der Reichsarbeitsführer: 08/1943 – 11/1944
• 12/1944 – 01/1945: Reichsarbeitsdienst-Abteilung 6/171
• 01/1942 – 02/1945: B.S. 5 Burgkatz (?)
• From 03/1945: RAD-Abteilung 10/175

Wartime Deployments

Particularly interesting are the entries documenting service in the context of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe:

• 08/1943 – 11/1944:
  Einsatz im Rahmen der Wehrmacht im Heimatskriegsgebiet
  — deployment within the framework of the Wehrmacht in the home war area.
• 12/1944 – 01/1945:
  Einsatz im Rahmen der Luftwaffe
  — deployment within the framework of the Luftwaffe.

Awards & Decorations

The Ausweis records the following awards:

• Dienstauszeichnung für 4-jährige Dienstzeit — RAD 4 Years Service Medal
• Westwall-Ehrenzeichen
• Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern — War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords, awarded 03/1944

Condition

Original period document with expected age-related toning, handling wear, creasing and fading, but retaining a very substantial amount of its original handwritten and stamped documentation.

A highly interesting RAD personnel document belonging to Oberfeldmeister Prigge, with an unusually well-documented wartime service history and documented employment with both the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe.