Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Damascus Blade GTRexclude otherwise enamels are intact

otherwise enamels are intact

Attached to the scabbard is a multi-link chain decorated with “skulls and bones” motifs

chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 3 o'clock on the obverse and on the arm at 9 o'clock on the reverse

the Coldstream Guards were mobilized at London on August 6th

Footnote: The Battle of Lake Khasan (July 29

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Damascus Blade GTRexclude otherwise enamels are intact(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