Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, Relic Condition Newly Listed reverse illustrates Death in the

reverse illustrates Death in the form of a skeleton

contained in an ornate wooden frame

Operation Colossus

(Österreichische Burgenländische Feuerwehr Verdienstmedaillen)

inscribed "AVÈNEMENT AU CONSULAT XVIII BRUMAIRE AN VIII DE LA REPe FRANCse" below and engraver marked "PETIT INV ET F

Germany, Rad. A Subordinate’s Hewer, Relic Condition Newly Listed reverse illustrates Death in the(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