Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 56 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The barrel tang is additionally

The barrel tang is additionally marked M

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and is one of the current (as of 2005) contractors for producing them

They were the first German paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations and came to be known as the "green devils" by the Allied forces they fought against

Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 56 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The barrel tang is additionallyOriginal 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