Original German WWII 1943 dated Wehrmacht 200L Fuel Drum Lid by Eugen Zumtobel - 22 1/2" Wide Military Flare Guns Gefechtsstand

Gefechtsstand

and was intended as a cross guard

Your Dad's base would be identified only as Yankai

It was designed using a World War One style Imperial German helmet as the main motif

with just a few tiny nicks

Original German WWII 1943 dated Wehrmacht 200L Fuel Drum Lid by Eugen Zumtobel - 22 1/2" Wide Military Flare Guns GefechtsstandOriginal 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