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Article about: Hi all, Can someone please tell me his opinion about this RAD hower? Is it an original ww2 german RAD hower? Thanks, GRTS, Wesley

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    Hi all,

    Can someone please tell me his opinion about this RAD hower?

    Is it an original ww2 german RAD hower?

    Thanks,


    GRTS,


    Wesley


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    The scabert looks a bit to good to be original?

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    The scabbard may have been over cleaned but I see nothing that appears not to be authentic.
    Looks good .

    Other thoughts and comments welcome.

    Regards Larry
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    Nice original RAD EM hewer reflecting an issue number which should also be on the scabbard. The abbreviation next to the number reflects the issue location. Cant remember which one this is. The RAD had only a couple issue locations like "Fu"(Furth) etc.
    Horst
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    I agree with Horst, the only issue I see is perhaps someone was a bit too zealous with their cleaning of the scabbard. Construction wise though, it looks period. I've always liked the unit marked ones myself.

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    The issuance abbreviations are
    Bn=Berlin
    Br=Braunschweig
    Fu=Furth
    Ma=Marburg
    Sa=Salzburg
    E=Erfurt
    F=Frankfurt
    M/L=Metz / Lothringen
    There may be others, but as of yet no other information, Nice Hewer...
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    Is there an issue number also on the scabbard?? Dont see it in the picture provided.

    As to the abbreviation designation I think Ma stands for Mannheim not Marburg - Ma is still today the designation for Mannheim Germany.
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    I would think if there was it would be easily visible on the opening of the scabbard, so , perhaps a mismatch, of note, on mine there was also the last three digits just below the top inlay. JMO
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    Heres mine with the "Fu(with umlaut)" for Fuerth, marked both on the Hewer and Scabbard. If you notice they turned the numbers around on either the Hewer or Scabbard - Guess the RAD man was in a hurry or he had a few to many great German beers.
    Horst

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    No issue number on the scabbard.

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