Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Army Badges - Size 56 Replica Non-Firing Guns The Two Band Short Snider

The Two Band Short Snider Rifle was used by Gurkha Infantry Mountain troops

This is a custom manufactured non-firing USGI Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2 metal and wood replica gun built on a BATF approved new made display receiver complete with the with correct adjustable bipod

even though aching and blistered feet characterized the day

Aircraft # 42-95329

I remember we were going by in our little boat- going in to land and the battleship Texas was sitting there

Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet with Army Badges - Size 56 Replica Non-Firing Guns The Two Band Short SniderOriginal Item: On first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrikakorps infantry 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