Original German WWII Luftwaffe Fur-Lined Sheepskin Winter Parka with 56cm Pelzmütze M43 Winter Cap Brunswick Rifle This knobkerrie

This knobkerrie

Handle: 4 ½ inches

was awarded the Knights Cross on 21 March 1945

except for a CROWN over DN proof mark on the lock plate just rear of the pan

The liner is dated 1940

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Fur-Lined Sheepskin Winter Parka with 56cm Pelzmütze M43 Winter Cap Brunswick Rifle This knobkerrieOriginal Item: Only One Available. The severe cold encountered on the Russian front in the winter of 1941 42 found the Germans completely unprepared not only in heat retaining cold weather garments. This resulted in numerous, hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets. After the winter of 1941 42 the Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, (High