Original German WWII U.S. G.I. Captured First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Eye Shields - Inscription Under Sweatband - Size 56 Japanese Flags with no signs of major

with no signs of major cleaning or past restoration

France for rest and refit

where this very club is featured on both the cover and on page 42

so this was probably originally a matching number gun

This oak iron bound sea chest measures 18-inches tall

Original German WWII U.S. G.I. Captured First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Eye Shields - Inscription Under Sweatband - Size 56 Japanese Flags with no signs of majorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic 1st Model German sun helmet captured by U. S. Corporal Thomas Edward Tann. He inscribed the underside of the sweatband: TOM TANN 423 N. ST. CHARDON OHIO BROUGHT FROM GERMANY SEPT. 1945 On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung (Tropical headgear), of the type known to the British forces as