Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete U.S. Artillery even on the leather

even on the leather

Known as the Pattern 37 equipment

on the border with Belgium during early December

On 20 October 1922

It has multiple early eagle waffent amts and inspector marks indicate this is an early manufactured gun that bears the serial number 6508 on BOTH the frame and the barrel

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete U.S. Artillery even on the leatherOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very hard to find USAAF WWII issue M5 Flak Helmet, in very good condition. It does not look to have been issued, but it does have a lot of storage wear on the exterior shell. This has removed a lot of the fuzzy "flocked" coating on the exterior. 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