Original WWII Battle of the Bulge German Battlefield Pickup Relic Lot: M42 Helmet w/ Liner, Messkit, Shrapnel, M39 Egg Grenade, etc. - 8 Pieces Total Crimean War some closed to the right

some closed to the right

The barrel appears to be highly polished bright steel

The 1st Aviation Brigade commands three distinctly different battalions—the 1st Battalion

or could possibly stand for the Prussian Province of Saxony

indicating that this set of KOSHIRAE (fittings) were all made for this specific blade

Original WWII Battle of the Bulge German Battlefield Pickup Relic Lot: M42 Helmet w/ Liner, Messkit, Shrapnel, M39 Egg Grenade, etc. - 8 Pieces Total Crimean War some closed to the rightOriginal Items: Only Ones Available. This is a lot of eight pieces of Battlefield Pickup Relics Recovered from the area around Bastogne, Belgium in 1995. The items were procured by an amateur historian while accompanying a veterans organization on a tour of the battlefield. We purchased the items directly from this individual. The lot consists of the following items: M 42 Pattern German helmet with Liner and Partial Chinstrap. M31 German Messkit