Original U.S. WWII P-38 Lightning Trench Art Brass Ashtray - Shell Dated 1941 MILITARIA The front of the helmet

The front of the helmet was marked KAPŬT

The documentation present with this grouping is extensive

This looks to have been a special order for the owner

with a bit of wear at the tip

which may be a part number or some other identifier

Original U.S. WWII P-38 Lightning Trench Art Brass Ashtray - Shell Dated 1941 MILITARIA The front of the helmetOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lockheed P 38 Lightning is a World War IIera American piston engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P 38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork tailed devil by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. Like all deactivated ordnance, this piece is NOT