Excellent Art Deco white porcelain figure “Pioneer” by Gustav Oppel of a German RAD Labour Corps member, made in the Volkstedt Rudolstat factory. The figure depicts a soldier with pickaxe in hand in a classic ‘30s pose with a transitional RAD decaled helmet and gas mask canister slung around his back. Signed on base, this is a superbly detailed figure with no restoration. Overall height 37cms