Original German WWII 1943 dated Wehrmacht 200L Fuel Drum Lid by Eugen Zumtobel - 22 1/2" Wide Blunderbuss indicating a size 54 liner

indicating a size 54 liner for a 62 shell

Barrel marking reads ADDRESS COL

twenty-nine were partially functional

These early WWII models were not fitted with muzzle brakes which were not adopted until later in WWII and come without the optical sight

Badly injured himself and unable to stand or walk Laidlaw props him self up against a stake for stringing barbed wire and continues to pipe his fellow Scotsman into battle

Original German WWII 1943 dated Wehrmacht 200L Fuel Drum Lid by Eugen Zumtobel - 22 1/2" Wide Blunderbuss indicating a size 54 linerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice fuel drum lid, dated 1943, used by Germany during WWII. This was removed from the drum, which would have been very large and heavy, and brought back home by a USGI after the war. It still has clear embossed markings on it: 19 kxw 43 KRAFTSTOFF 200L FEUERGEFHRLICH WEHRMACHT Produced in 1943, this lid, and presumably the drum it went to, were made by contractor "kxw", Eugen Zumtobel of Dorbirn