Original U.S. WWII Airborne Parachute Pigeon Cage Drop Cage Basket with Manual Copy & Dummy Pigeons U.S. Militaria Helmet has correct Adrian style

Helmet has correct Adrian style crest on top again with flaming bomb motif to front

This was a unit of the German Waffen-SS established on 25 May 1944 in German-occupied Estonia during World War II

and some curl to the butt stock

There looks to be a name written onto the sweatband

Gesch on the back

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Parachute Pigeon Cage Drop Cage Basket with Manual Copy & Dummy Pigeons U.S. Militaria Helmet has correct Adrian styleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an original WWII Airborne Signal Corps drop cage which was designed to carry eight homing pigeons and is complete with the hanging suspension lines and hook. It also comes with a copy of the original FM 11 80 War Department Field Manual for a SIGNAL PIGEON COMPANY. It even has two very nice dummy pigeons, which really add to the displayability of this item! This specially designed cage allowed 8 birds to be