Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Military Maps The engraving on top of

The engraving on top of the barrel is still fully clear:

Ammunition Type:  unknown

Storch production was shifted to the Leichtbau Budweis in Budweis in 1943

Monsignor Plocki served St

Across the top there is a brass Germanic crown over a small photographic likeness of Kaiser Wilhelm

Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz German Military Maps The engraving on top ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an very nice service worn example of the German Red Cross (DRK) Enlisted Man Non Commissioned Officer Hewer, complete with scabbard and 1941 dated leather frog. The hewer has a blunt tip, and edge, as it was intended for combat medics, who would make more use of the Sawback blade, which could be used to cut wood for splints. The heavy blade could be used for chopping, similar to the U. S. Hospital corps