Germany, RAD. A Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Owner-Attributed with Hanger, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive largely in the southwest

largely in the southwest

maker marked ""Whitehead & Hoag Co

flanked by the dates "1862" on the left and "1937" on the right

and modern-day western Ukraine (1941)

Germany, RAD. A Model 1937 Leader’s Hewer, Owner-Attributed with Hanger, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive largely in the southwest(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer fr Fhrer mit Gehnge). A very well preserved Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) M37 Leaders Hewer, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade, forged with a gentle curvature, which retains factory original sharpening to its lower edge and Bowie style tip, and with most of its crossgrain still visible. The blade features double