Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, Relic Condition GTRexclude a Brocken patriotic badge

a Brocken patriotic badge

the reverse with the Kaisers' image and the text erased and re-engraved "Zu Ehren der Gefallenen d

and a Boatswain sleeve Patch

a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials on the obverse

Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, Relic Condition GTRexclude a Brocken patriotic badge(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer fr Mannschaften). A Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) subordinates hewer, measuring 370 mm in total length. It features a 240 mm long curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, and with a fuller running approximately two thirds the length of each side. It sits firmly within a one piece nickel silver hilt with a ribbed crossguard and curved pommel. The handle grip is composed of two pieces of polished staghorn