Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Julius Krebs Hold In its light brown glassine

In its light brown glassine packet of issue

each constructed of a grey wool base with a buckram core

A presentation case for a Grand Cordon Breast Star of the Order of the Rising Sun

the helmet is otherwise unmarked

some period enamel restoration otherwise in good condition

Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, By Carl Julius Krebs Hold In its light brown glassine(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer fr Mannschaften). A Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) subordinates hewer, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long curved magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A narrow fuller runs approximately two sides of each side of the blade near the top edge. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ARBEIT ADELT (LABOUR ENNOBLES) in Fraktur script. A makers mark of