Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Newly Listed the interior of the cover

the interior of the cover depicts the owner at home on leave above an Eastern Front Medal ribbon

complete with metal and paper backing

1941 reprisal for Soviet Brutality in which hundreds of Ukrainian Jews were killed outside of L’viv

Private Joe Vezgoff remembered one incident:  “We were about a mile forward of the battalion

Commander of the Infantry Regiment No142 for Battles around Verdun

Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Newly Listed the interior of the coverA rare Norwegian Female Labour Service (Arbeidstjenesten) brooch, constructed of gilded zink, the obverse bearing a central wheat stalk, flanked by initials AT in runic script, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 66 mm in diameter, weighing 10. 8 grams, most of the gilt finish has been lost, in overall very fine condition.