Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Cut-Off Section of Camouflage Cloth from a Downed German Plane, Somme, c. 1918
(Lozenge-Tarnung). Constructed of a linen-blended composite fabric finished on the exterior with a weatherproof lacquer in a classic oilcloth style, dyed in a four-colour Lozenge camouflage pattern consisting of light brown, dark brown, dark green, and rust-brown geometric shapes, with a central eyelet reinforced with a blackened and boiled leather grommet, securely held in place with two rows of hand stitching, with a paper label embroidered to the exterior bearing a handwritten inscription indicating the the material was retrieved from a German aircraft downed over the Somme in 1918 (likely during the eponymous Second Battle), measuring 225 mm (w) x 185 mm (h), a fascinating battlefield relic in extremely fine condition.

