Original Colonial Mid-Late 17th Century Powder Flask - Leather Covered Wood with Iron Fittings 20th Century The Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland was

The Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland was activated on 14 June 1939

The metalwork has all been blued

Rear neck flap is in good shape

and the firm is assumed to have been abandoned and probably destroyed during the Russian advance in 1945

The squadron's actions in this engagement earned it a second Distinguished Unit Citation

Original Colonial Mid-Late 17th Century Powder Flask - Leather Covered Wood with Iron Fittings 20th Century The Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland wasOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a tremendous powder flask consisting of leather covered wood with metal fixings for the cap and base of the flask, with a long piece of metal for use as a belt hanger. The construction of this piece, while not giving a clue as to the exact country of origin, does date it to around the mid late 1600s. Similar examples of the period are of similar construction, with leather covered wood surrounded by smaller