Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover United Republic of Wächtler & Lange Mittweida SA”

Wächtler & Lange Mittweida SA” on reverse

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

Rhodes "The Uncrowned King"

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey rank pip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover United Republic of Wächtler & Lange Mittweida SA”(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.