Original German WWII M38 Luftschutz Gladiator Air Defense Helmet with One Piece Shell, Cloth Liner, and Plastic Chinstrap Stocks The medals in this lot:

The medals in this lot: - Commemorative Cross of the 11th Army: The Commemorative Cross of the 11th Army (or Croce Commemorativa dell’11a Armata in Italian) is an Italian medal recognised on 15 April 1943

G197 was laid down at Germaniawerft's Kiel shipyard as Yard number 157 and was launched on 23 June 1911 and completed on 10 November 1911

heavy Japanese mortar fire forced the 3d Battalion to take cover

and on the top of the helmet there is a big Swas

This is more commonly known as the Russo-Japanese War

Original German WWII M38 Luftschutz Gladiator Air Defense Helmet with One Piece Shell, Cloth Liner, and Plastic Chinstrap Stocks The medals in this lot:Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting original M1938 Luftschutz Gladiator German helmet, with a rare early single piece shell, which is also NOT beaded! As best we can tell, these are one of the rare variants seen, though there is not as much information regarding whether they were early production, or very late production. This example looks to have seen long service during the war, so we believe it is an early example, and it