Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Fusee Spring & Cover Helped to prepare the way

Helped to prepare the way for and participated in the invasion of Southern France in Aug 1944

Originally founded in 1917 during WWI

due to deterioration of the cellulose acetate

the crosshatching pattern on the handle appears to have been applied twice

indicating that the musket was unsuitable for conversion to percussion

Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Fusee Spring & Cover Helped to prepare the wayOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely service used example of an early WWII German M 38 Fallschirmjger "Single Decal" Helmet Shell, complete with a "relic" condition steel liner band. It definitely looks to have seen long service during the war, and unfortunately the chinstraps and all of the leather and rubber components of the liner rotted away long ago. This is an early model M 38 with 2nd Pattern Liner Band fitted to the shell by the