Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive The other side with a

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

tasked with guarding POWs

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

the German soldiers stopped at a graveyard

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive The other side with a(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