Original Prussian Pre-WWI Kurassier Helmet of the Garde Du Korps with Replica Eagle & Front Wappen Plate - Circa 1871 MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The head has correct white

The head has correct white paint bands for easy identification that it is a smoke grenade and not a traditional M1924 version

This example was worn by an enlisted man of an Infantry Regiment

- Left chest bears an Italian made hand painted leather embossed 759th Bomb Squadron insignia patch

These are steel belts carriers which attach to the feed tray assemblies of the MG 34 or MG 42

Roy Leon Bray is identified as having  "ASSISTED MEDICS WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE IN GERMANY

Original Prussian Pre-WWI Kurassier Helmet of the Garde Du Korps with Replica Eagle & Front Wappen Plate - Circa 1871 MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The head has correct whiteOriginal Item. Only One Available. Raised in 1740 for the Prussian King Frederick the Great, the "Garde du Corps" Regiment was the bodyguard of the King of Prussia and later the Kaiser of the German Empire. Our example is circa 1900 to 1914 and consists of full Cuirass, (front and back plates), together with Crowned silver Eagle topped bronze (Tombac) helmet. Used by the personal Guard of Kaiser Wilhelm up until the start of World War One, these are