Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service M37 Officer’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed silver hallmarked on obverse ball

silver hallmarked on obverse ball suspension with boar's head denoting French manufacture and silver content post-1838

The Militia Act of 1846 provided the first official recognition of volunteer corps by Canadian authorities and the Queen’s Light Dragoons were re-gazetted the 1st Toronto Independent Troop of Cavalry

trimmed with twisted and rolled aluminum wire

An excellent example of the silver grade Nahrkampfspange by a popular maker

A collection of four badges

Germany, Rad. A Reich Labour Service M37 Officer’s Hewer, By Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed silver hallmarked on obverse ball(Haumesser fr Offizier der Reichsarbeitsdienst). A Reich Labour Service (RAD) Officers Hewer, measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 260 mm long magnetic steel blade with a gentle curvature, completing with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A fuller runs the length of the blade near the top edge of both the obverse and reverse. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of ARBEIT ADELT (LABOUR ENNOBLES) in