At the end of the war he was transferred out of the 517th and into the 506th PIR which was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
pickelhaube type thick brown or black leather adjustable chin strap with securing rings on the inside of the helmet bowl
The barrel still has the original proof marks on the left side under the sight
There are several stamped numbers on the interior but none appear to be serial numbers
was a member of the Company A in the 475th Infantry Regiment
Original German Pre-WWII Era Artillery Gun Lineol & Elastolin Toy Soldier Set with Artillery Piece and Four Soldiers French Uniforms At the end of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the 1930s, various companies in Germany such as Elastolin, Lineol, Marklin, Tippco and Wiking began to make numerous toy soldiers from painted "composite" materials, and later on from plastic. They mostly made German soldiers, but they did also produce soldiers from other countries, so that more complete battle scenes would be created. They were also generally available from each maker in several different