Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet Scandinavian Militaria The glass grip itself is

The glass grip itself is a very nice translucent orange color

Herder indicating manufacture by the well-known maker Richard Abraham Herder of Solingen

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or the Amiens prison raid known as Operation Jericho

It served just about everywhere

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet Scandinavian Militaria The glass grip itself isOriginal Item: Only One Available. U. S. Army Air Forces WWII issue M3 Flak Helmet! World War Two American bomber crews in the skies over Europe needed something more than their leather flying helmets to provide them with shrapnel injuries, however it took a surprisingly long time for a new helmet to be developed and deployed to meet that need. Not until December of 1943 did the M3 reach the ETO, it was the first of three versions of the American flak