Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive additions and replacements of articles

additions and replacements of articles up to 1922

tasked with guarding POWs

slight discolouration in the white enamels on the Silver Grade badge

The other side with a shield decorated in the colours of a German tri-colour cockade

suffering a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right shoulder and back: the bullet entering the front

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive additions and replacements of articles(Haumesser fr Mnner der Reichsarbeitsdienst). A very well preserved Reich Labour Service (RAD) subordinates hewer, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 245 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a Bowie style curvature. The tip and lower edge of the blade are sharpened, and a narrow fuller runs the length of each side. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of ARBEIT ADELT (LABOUR ENNOBLES) in