Original German WWII 2nd Model Afrikakorps DAK Sun Helmet with Badges - Replaced Sweatband Display Guns & Parts Sets This is a first pattern

This is a first pattern lock plate with the early markings

A 1665 reference related that grenades were carried in a pocket called a grena-diere

The barrel still has lots of the original bluing as well

The rare Presstof carrier is marked bmd 41 for 1941 production by Max G

This is a quality 33

Original German WWII 2nd Model Afrikakorps DAK Sun Helmet with Badges - Replaced Sweatband Display Guns & Parts Sets This is a first patternOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung (Tropical headgear), 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