Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 55 War of 1812 for reaching locally operating ships

for reaching locally operating ships and aircraft

) and Class 9 (Field Equipment & Supplies)

and for receiving mail

and the right side of the wood butt stock has a roundel reading: YEOMANS / MAKER / LONDON

Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 55 War of 1812 for reaching locally operating shipsOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps troops 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