Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Auction Archive 1940 and contains sponsor’s fee

1940 and contains sponsor’s fee stamps starting in May 1940 and ending with September 1943

on original full-length sash

III Class (two-piece construction

Gibbons boasted a brilliant record ashore and afloat

On December 22

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tropical Field Gun Barrel Cover Auction Archive 1940 and contains sponsor’s fee(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.