Original German WWII Battlefield Pickup M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell - Battle Damaged Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage save the occasional mock combat

save the occasional mock combat with inebriated veterans

The Cutlass is covered in very old pitting most probably from extensive exposure to Sea Air

Should the Warrior die in Battle his passage money was easily available from the weapon he carried

though it does have some decorated mountings

several production shortcuts were introduced to save the costs of manufacturing

Original German WWII Battlefield Pickup M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell - Battle Damaged Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage save the occasional mock combatOriginal 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