Original U.S. WWII Battle Damaged Musette Bag and Personal Effects of PFC Francis A. Lamontagne - 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Military Audio The European derivative of this

The European derivative of this helmet saw widespread use during the Thirty Years War when it became known as the zischägge

Original Items: One brace only

and with home defence

it was derived from an Ottoman Turkish helmet type

though unfortunately we have not been able to find this information

Original U.S. WWII Battle Damaged Musette Bag and Personal Effects of PFC Francis A. Lamontagne - 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Military Audio The European derivative of thisOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. This is a wonderful group of items attributed to Private First Class Francis Arthur Lamontagne. PFC Lamontagne was born on February 6, 1925 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the United States Army on July 6, 1943 and after basic training was assigned to the 18th Corps, 569th Anti Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion. During the course of the war he was attached to General Patch, Montgomery and