FOUND IN NORMANDY
2014 it's the year of M2 !
This M2 paratroper hemet is picked up from an old D day relics collection in Normandy by a friend.
It's a rare M2 helmet, D ring are broken but it's a real piece of D-Day !
Sure ! this helmet have jumped in the nignt of june 6th 1944 ! Not like all fakes that you can see on eBay or internet.
This WW2 paratrooper helmet has a provenance, it was found in a farm in Varenguebec, Normandy (50), the positions of the 505th and the 508th.
Aknowledgements : Nicolas B. from La HDP, Normandie.
Airborne helmets of Mark Bondo :
http://www.101airborneww2.com/equipment2.html
Remember :
2014 it's the year of M2 !
This M2 paratroper hemet is picked up from an old D day relics collection in Normandy by a friend.
It's a rare M2 helmet, D ring are broken but it's a real piece of D-Day !
Sure ! this helmet have jumped in the nignt of june 6th 1944 ! Not like all fakes that you can see on eBay or internet.
This WW2 paratrooper helmet has a provenance, it was found in a farm in Varenguebec, Normandy (50), the positions of the 505th and the 508th.
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| M2 paratrooper helmet - Normandy 44'' Collections |
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| Detail of missed D Ring |
Aknowledgements : Nicolas B. from La HDP, Normandie.
Airborne helmets of Mark Bondo :
http://www.101airborneww2.com/equipment2.html
Remember :
Lot 8324:
A U.S. 101st Airborne paratrooper helmet, identified by the ace of
hearts from the 502nd PIR, retaining 50% of its paint and both insignia, period
modified half-circle bale and M1 chinstrap. A second pattern liner added with
leather padded chinstrap and small pattern bale. This famous unit was in the
forefront of the U.S. parachute drops over Normandy on the 6th of June, 1944,
especially in Sainte Mère l’Eglise where this helmet was found in the 1960s.
Offered at $5,222, it sold for $68,621
M2 HELMET - D RING - D DAY RELIC - U.S M2 PARATROOPER HELMET -
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