Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet by Keller & Co of Oberleutensdorf - Size 58 Brown Bess Musket Parts and 3 overseas service bars

and 3 overseas service bars indication 18+ months of overseas service

in which they reached Norfolk

This is an Other Ranks hat dating somewhere from 1800 to 1900

We have no idea about functionality but everything appears to be complete

Slowly advancing through Italy

Original German WWII First Model DAK Afrikakorps Sun Helmet by Keller & Co of Oberleutensdorf - Size 58 Brown Bess Musket Parts and 3 overseas service barsOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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