Original German WWII Netherlands Battlefield Pickup Shot-through M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Spade Grip Assembly and 8 mm Mauser are

and 8 mm Mauser are all different names for the same cartridge

The fort fired at Phoebe

The Civil Defense Service was stood down after the end of the war in Europe on 2 May 1945

One area is about 6

and the bottom of the barrel has a CROWN / GP "Gunmaker's Proof' and CROWN / V "Viewed" mark from the London Proofhouse

Original German WWII Netherlands Battlefield Pickup Shot-through M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Spade Grip Assembly and 8 mm Mauser areOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a genuine "Battlefield Pickup" example of a German WWII M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger (Paratrooper) Helmet. It was recovered some time after the war in Lichtenvoorde, a small town in the eastern Netherlands. The helmet had lain for some time undisturbed, so all of the original rigging and liner are completely absent, and it is now just a shell. Amazingly, there is still some of the original paint present, mostly on