Original German WWII Battlefield Pickup M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell Japanese Flare Guns so we do not know

so we do not know when this bayonet was accepted into service

Serial # 166681 overall very good metal finish with all proofs still present

Offered in excellent condition is this trapdoor rifle in 45-70 government caliber

For further research checkout this forum post about these knives and how to tell WWII knives from post war (this example is 100% WWII)

These Cossacks mostly came from the regions surrounding the DON and KUBAN Rivers

Original German WWII Battlefield Pickup M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell Japanese Flare Guns so we do not knowOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a genuine "Battlefield Pickup" example of a German WWII M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger (Paratrooper) Helmet. It was recovered some time after the war in Europe, though unfortunately we do not know where it was found. The helmet had laid for some time undisturbed, so all of the original rigging and liner are completely absent, and it is now just a shell. Amazingly, there is still quite a bit of the original paint on