Original German WWII Second Model Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Badges - Dated 1942 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles Original Item: 81mm Leather Head

Original Item: 81mm Leather Head Cover for Mortar Bipod in used but solid condition

This helmet was in use with the Finnish Infantry Regiment 46 during the Continuation War from 1941-1944

which used them to drop sensors onto the Ho Chi Minh Trail as late as 1967

These are perfect binoculars known by the German Wehrmacht as a Dienstglas

It was produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne from 1873 to 1887 in about 337

Original German WWII Second Model Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Badges - Dated 1942 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles Original Item: 81mm Leather HeadOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung, of the type known to the British forces as the solar topi (or topee). In the German case, these were made of pith, had prominent ventilation holes in the crown, were khaki in color and bore two metal shields; on the right the national colors and on the left the German eagle. There were