Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Newly Listed best wishes

best wishes

receiving the Wound Badge in Gold on April 24 in the rank of SS-Unterscharführer

the reverse bearing dates “1914-1918” within an oak leaf wreath

opening with a functional metal snap button and functional metal hinge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Newly Listed best wishes(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 260 mm (w) x 600 mm (l) when folded flat, in near mint condition.