Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 57 Cannons The 24th Division drove up

The 24th Division drove up the Leyte Valley

The grip also was sheathed in similarly embossed sheet silver and the body of the grip bound in plaited silver wire

It is mounted on the cross-section of a piston (we don't know what engine this piston is from)

The gas tube on the front of the receiver retained the more complex MkI shape

in good service used condition

Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 57 Cannons The 24th Division drove upOriginal Item: Only One Available. On the first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrika Korps 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