Original WWII USGI Captured 29th Infantry Division D-Day Personalized Souvenir Painted German M40 Luftwaffe Steel Helmet - Q64 Russian Artillery Corporal Curtis C

Corporal Curtis C

"Colonial Firearms Displayed at the Princeton Battlefield"

Truly a wonderful example of a Rare Chinese Army issue winter cap of the Soviet Ushanka Style as worn by the Chinese People’s Army during the Korean War

The original milling texture can still be see in many places

constructed of steel breast plate with over the shoulder supports

Original WWII USGI Captured 29th Infantry Division D-Day Personalized Souvenir Painted German M40 Luftwaffe Steel Helmet - Q64 Russian Artillery Corporal Curtis COriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a fantastic USGI bring back souvenir German M40 Steel Helmet, captured by Members of the 29th Infantry Division "Blue and Gray", and decorated on the front with their distinctive unit insignia. It was common for soldiers to personalize "bring back" helmets with their unit insignia. Paint was readily available, even close to the front, and soldiers often had spare time to make these lovely pieces of military art.