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Helmet, Mk II, British, 3rd Infantry Division, Sword Beach, Caen, Belgium, Holland
€1,775.00
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Rare and nice genuine WWII British Mk II helmet, complete with original liner and chinstrap.
Shell manufactured by Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd. in Leeds, England and dated 1943; liner is hallmarked CCL (Christy & Co. Ltd., London, England) and dated 1943, too. Size 7 1/4.
Quite good, worn condition. The right side of the shell is adorned with the 3rd Infantry Division flash.
Initially deployed in France with the BEF in 1940, the 3rd British Infantry Division retreated to Britain from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. Four years later, the division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day as part of the first wave, susequently participating in the liberation of Caen prior to heading to Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Rare and nice genuine WWII British Mk II helmet, complete with original liner and chinstrap.
Shell manufactured by Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd. in Leeds, England and dated 1943; liner is hallmarked CCL (Christy & Co. Ltd., London, England) and dated 1943, too. Size 7 1/4.
Quite good, worn condition. The right side of the shell is adorned with the 3rd Infantry Division flash.
Initially deployed in France with the BEF in 1940, the 3rd British Infantry Division retreated to Britain from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. Four years later, the division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day as part of the first wave, susequently participating in the liberation of Caen prior to heading to Belgium and the Netherlands.