Original German WWII Service Worn First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Aluminum Badges - Size 55 Flags & Signs • George Riess

• George Riess

• Various internal components

Finland produced a copy of the M37 known as the M40 at the Wartsila Oy and Kone-ja Silta plants

Observing that six half tracks had been abandoned on an LST and were under heavy enemy fire

It measures a quite large 38 x 72 inches and has the standard NSDAP Swas (Hook Cross) dyed onto a circular white field

Original German WWII Service Worn First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Aluminum Badges - Size 55 Flags & Signs • George RiessOriginal Item: Only One Available. On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung (Tropical headgear), 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