Original Bulgarian WWII Anti-Air & Chemical Defense German-made M38 Beaded Gladiator Helmet - 56cm German Machine Guns as is common with all

as is common with all edged weapons

a French prisoner

as they were the most common component to need replacement aside from the barrel wedge

The hilt guard is ornately decorated brass

Every pistol bears the EIC Lion marking and the barrels appear numbered but do not bear obvious English proof markings indicating possible assembly in the East India Company's own arsenals within the Indian sub-continent

Original Bulgarian WWII Anti-Air & Chemical Defense German-made M38 Beaded Gladiator Helmet - 56cm German Machine Guns as is common with allOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a rare type of helmet that we have not seen before! During the WWII Period, German supplied much in the way of arms and equipment to its allies. Neutral at the onset of WWII, Bulgaria joined Germany by declaring war on Britain and the United States on 13 December 1941, and began to receive material support from Germany. One helmet they received was the M38 Luftschutz design, the so called Gladiator, and