Germany, RAD. An M34 Subordinate’s Hewer, by Lauterjung & Co. Archive An HJ Badge for Snipers

An HJ Badge for Snipers by Steinhauer und Lück

Footnote: Generalleutnant Otto Liman von Sanders was a German general who served as adviser and military commander for the Ottoman Empire during the First World War

(Luftwaffe Tropen Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

featuring three silvered rank pips and two stripes in flat shiny aluminum wires

with the dates 1827

Germany, RAD. An M34 Subordinate’s Hewer, by Lauterjung & Co. Archive An HJ Badge for Snipers(Reichsarbeitsdienst Hauer M34 fr Mannschaften und Unterfhrer). A Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) M34 Subordinates Hewer, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel, Bowie style blade which retains some factory original sharpening to the tip and lower edge. A narrow fuller runs the majority of the upper edge of each side. The reverse ricasso is maker marked