Helmet, Mk II, 3rd Infantry Division, Dunkirk, Sword Beach, Caen, Belgium, Holland
€1,750.00
Tax included
Rare genuine WWII British Mk II helmet, retaining its original liner and chinstrap.
Shell markings are illegible; liner is hallmarked Vero (Everett W. Vero & Co., London) and dated 1938.
Size 7.
The outer surface of the shell has been covered with a layer of bottle green paint, while the 3rd Infantry Division flash adorns of the sides.
Complete and in quite good, worn condition.
Initially deployed in France with the BEF in 1940, the 3rd British Infantry Division retreated to Britain from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. Four years later, the division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day, subsequently participating in the liberation of Caen prior to heading to Belgium and the Netherlands.
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