Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Russian Issue Equipment and MIDDTN / CONN /

and MIDDTN / CONN / 1851 on the tail of the lock plate

This example is quite nice

and in 1775 Congress authorized the creation of a Continental Navy

According to Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

however it has not been sanded down much

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Russian Issue Equipment and MIDDTN / CONN /Original Item: Only One Available. U. S. Army Air Forces WWII issue M3 Flak Helmet! World War Two American bomber crews in the skies over Europe needed something more than their leather flying helmets to provide them with shrapnel injuries, however it took a surprisingly long time for a new helmet to be developed and deployed to meet that need. Not until December of 1943 did the M3 reach the ETO, it was the first of three versions of the American flak