Original German WWII Second Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet by Mayser with Badges - Dated 1942 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage This looks like it has

This looks like it has come straight out of the attic

But it isn't the jumping and fighting

magazine catch

The letter K on the receiver indicates manufacture in 1934

This all came about because one of our neighbors visited his son in Maine and the son had a copy of the 1st book

Original German WWII Second Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet by Mayser with Badges - Dated 1942 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage This looks like it hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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