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

and average speed of almost 200 m

indicating that the musket was unsuitable for conversion to percussion

It is decorated with a well detailed cast zinc alloy eagle insignia on the peak and and an open aluminum wreath surrounding a metal tri-color cockade on the band

The band is a correct high quality OD Green web reproduction

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