Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover visually-hidden Egypt: Order of the Nile

Egypt: Order of the Nile

Footnote: According to “The Spange for the Iron Cross 2

and later served with SS-Totenkopf-Regiment 10 (transitioning to SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10 through 1940)

and the men and horses alone

signed by the author

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover visually-hidden Egypt: Order of the Nile(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.