Original WWI Imperial German Überzug Maker Marked Helmet Cover for Pickelhaube Helmets - Size 57 Headgear coming ashore at Utah Beach

coming ashore at Utah Beach

The attack transport spent the month of March training with the 2nd Marine Division for the assault on Saipan

- Lieutenant Colonel Richard T Headrick

and 57 Air Medals

Copper was a far better choice than iron or steel

Original WWI Imperial German Überzug Maker Marked Helmet Cover for Pickelhaube Helmets - Size 57 Headgear coming ashore at Utah BeachOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good condition original berzug (helmet cover), something that we have only had very few of before. Thought by some to be a product of the First World war, the berzug ("Pull over" or helmet cover) was first introduced for general issue on 17 May 1892. The brass and German silver fittings on all pickelhaube helmets, although very attractive in garrison, proved to be highly reflective and were determined to be