#345 FJR6 Camo FJ Helmet

[jacquesf]

Nice , very nice. J

[odin007]

nice camo fj helmet, i like your ww2 VIS-RADOM pistol too !!

[falls1944]

Hi Ron

Your FJR6 is a real beauty . And with the name and Kp it's a real dream

Thanks, David

[RonR]

Research by our associate, H BABERT has confirmed....

Oberjager Werner RUNGE
ERkM 62760/198
wounded on 14/06/44 southwest Carentan

During the"Battle for Carenten" during the Normandy Invasion.

Carentan is a small town near the north-eastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy in north-western France near the port city of Cherbourg.

The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airbourne forces of the US Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy.

The battle took place between 10 and 15 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the city of Carentan, France.

The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads, Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks.

The defending German force attempted to hold the city long enough to allow reinforcements en route from the south to arrive, prevent or delay the merging of the lodgments, and keep the US First Army from launching an attack towards Lessay-Périers that would cut off the Cotentin Peninsula.

Carentan was defended by two battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 and two Ost Battalions.s.

The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division,, ordered to reinforce Carentan, was delayed by transport shortages and attacks by Allied aircraft.

The attacking 101st Airborne Division, landed by parachute on 6 June as part of the American airborne landings in Normandy, was ordered to seize Carentan.

In the ensuing battle, the 101st forced passage across the causeway into Carentan on 10 and 11 June.

A lack of ammunition forced the German forces to withdraw on 12 June.


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[Kesselberg]

Words cannot describe this helmet especially once personal history is applied.

[Chet Sowersby]

Ron,
That is the icing on the cake. Sweet!

Chet

[RonR]

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[fader107]

Nice helmet !

[RonR]

[Andy C.]

Outstanding provenance Ron, great group.

[maui]

The Helmet King Ron R

Yes.. I do acknowledge it
Well. the King is Jesus...Have to humble myself of course
Outstanding