Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard & Frog - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz French Holster There are just a few

There are just a few spots of missing plate and oxidation on the blade

In January 1941

Just what is needed to upgrade your original French Cuirassier Sword of the Waterloo Era

upon which is fixed another star with eight rays

From 1937 the British firm Irvin were contracted to supply Germany with parachutes

Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard & Frog - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz French Holster There are just a fewOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent 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 "bolo" knives of