Another ebay treasure........
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Hi Eric,
I know very well this helmet. It has been found by a French farmer in an old church located in the little village of Ste-Marie-du -Mont in Normandy.
It is known to be the helmet which has been worn by Major von der Heydte on D-Day. As everybody red the story; he got hold of the keys of an old church and from the top, he had a look on the D-Day landing scene. He was so focused on the horizon full of warships and barges that he didn't seen pigeons which were over him.
I am glad that somebody just decided to sell this incredible helmet.
Jean-Yves
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Reminds me of a shop selling "free range eggs straight from the farm" in London a few years ago. Looking at one of these one day, I saw an ink quality control stamp under the chickensh1t. But von der Heydte's helmet will sell. Someone will buy it.
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Damn......this helmet even comes with a 70's vintage GSG9 chinstrap!! How nice of them! I recently saw a fake basket of chicken wire sell on ebay with the desrciption that it was used after the war by a French farmer who used it to carry eggs from the chicken coup. Can you imagine a farmer being so poor to have to remove the chicken wire from a FJ helmet he found just so he could carry his eggs....LOL But, it sold and was sold by a very well-known US Airborne collector and author........in Belgium.
WilliWilli
Preußens Gloria!
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Sapere audeComment
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Hi Willi,
Don't worry this author and collector is also a DEALER !
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