Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover visually-hidden with facsimile signature

with facsimile signature

and later in operations around Kabul and the southern campaign at Ahmed Khel and Kandahar

white enamel chipping evident on two arms)

Republic: Carinthia Association Special Service Medal

signed by the author

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover visually-hidden with facsimile signature(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.