Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Archive soldiers had no head protection

soldiers had no head protection other than their cloth and leather caps

with various stamps and inserts

22 mm x 96 mm x 9

Instituted in 1821

the reverse is maker marked with the initials JK in a triangle

Norway, Nasjonal Samling. A Female Labour Service Brooch Archive soldiers had no head protectionA 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.