Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Newly Listed along with a 43 mm

along with a 43 mm wide black band around its circumference

large and valuable as this ring however were unusual and uncommon

GOLD- & SILBERWAAREN

Defence Medal (silver

flanked by "18" and "13" (the date 1813) with the inscription "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP" (the dying command of James Lawrence in 1813 aboard the USS Chesapeake and the words on Oliver Hazard Perry's battle flag) below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Newly Listed along with a 43 mm(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.