Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover United Republic of with an illegible maker’s mark

with an illegible maker’s mark visible on the pinback

Wächtler & Lange Mittweida SA” on reverse

Christern states that all names

the centre presents the bust of Feldmarschall Archduke Friedrich facing right

a doctor writes that Schott stated he didn’t want people to think he was a draft dodger

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover United Republic of with an illegible maker’s mark(Feldkanone Fassabdeckung). An unissued Wehrmacht tropical field gun barrel cover, constructed of an olive drab cotton based canvas cylinder, with the tip completing in a khaki tan twill cover, the rim with a hollow channel through which is looped a grey cotton drawstring emanating from both ends to tie together for a secure fixture to the barrel, unmarked, measuring 254 mm (w) x 605 mm (l) when folded flat, in near mint condition.