Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz French Flags The box also contains a

The box also contains a 19th century powder flask and a period bullet mold

It has the correct folded over stitched edges

which the SS applied to their faces and also their small arms to avoid freezing in the temperatures that fell as low as -40 Fahrenheit in the Russian winter

Berlin -Spandau

which leads us to believe that it is made of a type of "Wootz" crucible steel

Original German WWII DRK Red Cross EM/NCO Hewer with Scabbard - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz French Flags The box also contains aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of the German Red Cross (DRK) Enlisted Man Non Commissioned Officer Hewer, complete with its original scabbard. 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 WWI. The hilt