Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Reproduction SS Badges Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly as the leather looks to

as the leather looks to have shrunk somewhat

This is an original British constable's cutlass carried in the latter half of Queen Victoria's reign

the lock cavity has not been drilled

It replaced the Japanese-made French Adrian helmets the armed forces had been using

Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Reproduction SS Badges Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly as the leather looks toOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung, of the type known to the British forces as the solar topi (or topee). In the German case, these were made of pith, had prominent ventilation holes in the crown, were khaki in color and bore two metal shields; on the right the national colors and on the left the German eagle. There were