Original German WWII 1942 dated 2nd Model Afrikakorps DAK Sun Helmet by JHS with Badges - size 57 British Flare Guns and the butt plate are

and the butt plate are marked 377

The SSK 90 was extremely similar to another model

it was very common for books containing prints of portrait photographs of high ranking political and military officials to be sold

It is marked somewhat faintly on the underside of the frame with J

the regiment was ordered to City Point and thence to Bermuda Hundred

Original German WWII 1942 dated 2nd Model Afrikakorps DAK Sun Helmet by JHS with Badges - size 57 British Flare Guns and the butt plate areOriginal Item: 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 on the left the