Original Italian WWII North African Campaign M1928 Tropical Sun Pith Helmet with Feather Plume and Goggles Manufacture Type_Original Items 5th AAF “Flying Circus” “King

5th AAF “Flying Circus” “King of the Heavies” B-24 "Donald Duck" history:

577 Martini-Henry

occasionally resulting in feed failures

For this reason

positioned to provide mutually supporting fire along with numerous machine gun positions

Original Italian WWII North African Campaign M1928 Tropical Sun Pith Helmet with Feather Plume and Goggles Manufacture Type_Original Items 5th AAF “Flying Circus” “KingOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice model 1928 (first version pre WW2) issued with Bersaglieri cockade and brass badge of 158th Infantry Regiment CIRENE Division (Battle of Sidi el Barrani & Bardia). Included with the purchase are original goggles which are nicely marked BREV. GRATTI, TORINO MADE IN ITALY. Elastic strap still soft with stretch, tint of lenses is a light yellow. Of particular note is the considerable plume of black