Hi Gents
It's been a while since I posted so here is one I want to share. Not an easy helmet to photograph so I hope I have done it justice . I chose to take pics outside with this one to get the true colours of the camo. The helmet has been sitting in a prestigious collection for the past 20 odd years . The helmet was brought home by a Colorado veteran and originated in the Denver area. It has never been published or shown on forums. I guess what makes this helmet so special is the Normandy connection. The vet scratched the date 12 June 1944 on the paint which was the day that Carentan was taken by the US Airborne. Impossible to tell if it was taken there but it's a significant date in the battle of Normandy. Over and above that it's a wire turtle pattern camo which in my opinion doesn't get much better than that.
Shaun
It's been a while since I posted so here is one I want to share. Not an easy helmet to photograph so I hope I have done it justice . I chose to take pics outside with this one to get the true colours of the camo. The helmet has been sitting in a prestigious collection for the past 20 odd years . The helmet was brought home by a Colorado veteran and originated in the Denver area. It has never been published or shown on forums. I guess what makes this helmet so special is the Normandy connection. The vet scratched the date 12 June 1944 on the paint which was the day that Carentan was taken by the US Airborne. Impossible to tell if it was taken there but it's a significant date in the battle of Normandy. Over and above that it's a wire turtle pattern camo which in my opinion doesn't get much better than that.
Shaun
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