Description
The front of the helmet has a mostly intact round Defesa Civil Territorial (Territorial Civil Defense) decal
Also the top of the liner was painted with a blue stripe and what looks to be two Chevrons
This is a lovely pair of HJ Marine Unit 663 Shoulder Boards (Bann 633 Litzmannstadt Wartheland)
called 5-Mile Drome
a F6F Hellcat Fighter pilot
Original German WWII Named USGI Cut Off Cap Insignia Grouping Attached To Letter Mailed Home Ordnance The front of the helmetOriginal Item: One of a Kind Set. This is a fantastic "Mailed Home" grouping, consisting of some German WWII cap insignia glued to a letter mailed home to his mother by Pfc. Elmer W. Cary, ASN 36197052. Per NARA records, Cary was born 1919 in Michigan, and enlisted in the U. S. Army in Kalamazoo, Michigan on April 21st, 1942. The letter itself id dated May 25, 1945, and indicates that at the time Cary's posting was: Battery A. (Security Detach.) 353