Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Damascus Blade Auction Archive gold palm and large rosette

gold palm and large rosette on original ribbon with dual prong pinback

Dresden” on the revese

Inkermann and Sebastopol clasps

DEMANGE 1958)

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Damascus Blade Auction Archive gold palm and large rosette(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer). A rare Reich Labour Service (RAD) Model 1937 Leaders Hewer, measuring 395 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 255 mm long magnetic Damascus metal blade, bearing a fuller on each side. The obverse formerly bore a acid etched inscription of ARBEIT ADELT (LABOUR ENNOBLES), while the reverse formerly bore an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN KONSTANTIN HIERL (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT