Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet with Goggles - Size 56 Snider Rifle Parts with a somewhat dark finish

with a somewhat dark finish

A Nostalgic old Percussion cap clunker

and soon afterwards served as a flexible aircraft observer's gun for rear defense

which may have had fittings in them at one point

The theoretical weight of the fully loaded equipment was 56 pounds (25 kg) for an infantryman in full marching order

Original German WWII First Model DAK Luftwaffe Tropical Sun Helmet with Goggles - Size 56 Snider Rifle Parts with a somewhat dark finishOriginal Item: Only One Available. On the first deployment to North Africa in 1941, Afrika Korps 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