Unknown Period Hood

The was an interesting item and a long story behind it; Back to end 70s I meet an elderly American couple in their early 60s in my shop, they was tourist visiting here first time, and the silver hair gentleman was a WWII veteran, I can't recalled his full name and unable to find his address wrote down on my note book, so just call him John in the moment. But this strange rubberized hood was given by him on his second HK tour on next year, and told me that he pick it up by himself in Berlin on 1945, when he was a War correspondent under 'The Stars and Strips'. 

I saw this hood again posted on a forum around months ago but lost the bookmark, the owner also knowing nothing about it and no one gave him any firm advice. May be a civilian hood.  Will post it here whenever found the post.

(sold with the lot)

    

The Stars and Strips newspaper for American G.I. 

War correspondent of WWII, John should look like this when he was in Berlin, as most of the veteran they only remember the best moment, all his stories was his happy moment,  apart from his camera John was armed with a M1 cabin and drove a jeep running around in Germany, along the routs he pick up dozens of dissembled  P08 Luger pistols, all into two parts by removed the square trigger side plates, he put all Luger he could found in his spare backpack behind his driver seat of the Jeep. One day they entered a deserted factory and found an unopened box on the huge empty shelf, when  he opened it by his bayonet, it was just too good to be true; a whole box of P08  Trigger side plates, he assembled all the Luger and gave it to anyone G.I. in his unit, and he kept only one for himself.

                                          Trigger side plate.


Another interesting story he told was when he entered the Leica Camera factory, found only two German civilian in there, he gave them two rolls of 10 packs Lucky Strike, in return they assembled two brand new Leica IIIc by the stock parts. (should be in late war white packing, not green I think.)

He had a large German flag cut down for table cloth, if he is still alive today, he must be crazy when he knew the price of these treasure goodies.  Just wish John and his wife rest in peace and he was already enjoyed an exciting life. God blessed all Veterans no matter in any uniform they wore.