Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Green Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 58 - Dated 1943 French Militaria with two pebbled aluminum buttons

with two pebbled aluminum buttons to the front

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Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Green Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 58 - Dated 1943 French Militaria with two pebbled aluminum buttonsOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps troops were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung, of the type known to the British forces as the solar topi (or topee). In the German case, these were made of pith, had prominent ventilation holes in the crown, were khaki in color and bore two metal shields on the right the national colors and on the left the German eagle. There were