Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Green Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 58 - Dated 1943 German Machine Guns and this example is marked

and this example is marked for the 1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia"

They even still use the SAME instruction label

By October the Royal Welsh Fusiliers had been replaced by men of the National Reserve

only three of these stocks have surfaced

but it is absent

Original German WWII First Model Luftwaffe DAK Afrikakorps Green Tropical Sun Helmet - Size 58 - Dated 1943 German Machine Guns and this example is markedOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps troops were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung, of the type known to the British forces as the solar topi (or topee). In the German case, these were made of pith, had prominent ventilation holes in the crown, were khaki in color and bore two metal shields on the right the national colors and on the left the German eagle. There were