Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Julius Krebs Buy Now 145 mm (w) x 105

145 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

one with four decorations

In silver gilt with silver central spoked wheel

three months shy of his seventeenth birthday

Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Julius Krebs Buy Now 145 mm (w) x 105(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer fr Mannschaften). A Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) subordinates hewer, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A narrow fuller runs approximately two sides of each side of the blade near the top edge. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ARBEIT ADELT (LABOUR ENNOBLES) in Fraktur script. A makers mark of