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This is a British soldiers Brodie helmet which has no liner in place but is dated 1941 on the chin strap holders also manufacturer/date marking 1761 over III which is all clear to see.
The helmet is not to badly corroded but is battle-damaged condition, including a large perforation through the crown with splits from the impact of the hit. The helmet is lightly rusty due to being in dry sand and hot weather and this is why it has no rust roles or rust damage but with extensive pitting and weathering, and desert sand retained beneath the rim, is consistent with prolonged exposure in the Egyptian desert environment. The helmet has no real paintwork remains but it is not rusted away it has been weathered away by the sand apart from a tiny bit inside which looks green with some yellow over the top but there really is not much at all but it still retains some original colour in places mostly the rim. The helmet has been very nicely cleaned is lovely and solid not braking up or falling apart and is perfect for display or any collection. This a very rare relic from the famous North African battlefield of 1942-1943 and comes with 4xA5 laminated information cards with many pictures and all the information possible.
The helmet was recovered from the El Alamein battlefield in 2009 by Egyptian-Sahara.com, an expedition and battlefield-tour company that operated in Egypt during the late 2000s and early 2010s and specialised in expeditions to the El Alamein battlefield. Contemporary Egyptian-Sahara promotional material supplied with the helmet provides supporting provenance for its recovery and shows the company documenting and displaying battlefield relics from the area. The accompanying leaflet is retained as supporting documentary evidence of the company and its El Alamein battlefield activities.
El Alamein was the scene of the decisive Second Battle of El Alamein, fought from 23 October to 11 November 1942, when the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery launched a major offensive against German and Italian forces commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. After fierce fighting across the desert, the Axis forces were forced to withdraw westwards. The victory halted the Axis advance towards Egypt and the Suez Canal and became a major turning point in the North African Campaign. The helmet therefore represents a tangible surviving artefact connected to the British and Commonwealth forces that fought in this strategically important desert theatre.
This is a near complete but empty and inert totally rare Japanese late war, emergency production rifle grenade which has been crudely made with basic steel case with a screw in base.
The case is missing its wood or bakelite-style plug with hole for the fuse at one end. And its small plug at the other. The grenade has none of its original black paintwork or original colouring. The steel case is pitted but solid, with no rust-through holes, and has been carefully cleaned. In nice relic condition but has corroded slightly but it is sturdy, not friable, and ideal for display or any militaria collection. The rifle grenade was recovered in the 1980's and has been in a private collection ever since it was originally found in an old Japanese defensive position on the island of Guam from the 1944 battle in the Pacific. It comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with many pictures and map.
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the successful American amphibious campaign to recapture the island of Guam from the Empire of Japan. Guam had been a prewar US territory since 1898 but was captured by the Japanese in December 1941. The 21-day battle was a key pillar of Operation Forager during the wider Pacific campaign of World War II.
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This is a lovely condition part from a very famous American B‑17G flying fortress lost in the last months of the war over the German Reich.
This electrical generator part which has been very well cleaned but has no maker markings and part numbers that can be seen and is 7 inches long by 4 inches wide in size. The part is mag allow and steel made and still retains a lot of its original colours with only a very light amount of surface rust in places and its internal shaft still in place and a lot of its wiring in place. The part does not have much damage from the impact of the crash but was well protected by the engine and nice condition part is very solid not braking up at all and has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. This is a nice part for the collection the engine part comes with 2 X A5 laminated information cards with pictures and map.
The American B‑17G “Bull Session” (serial 43‑38911) was a 91st Bomb Group aircraft lost to flak over Cologne on 14 January 1945, with only one crew member surviving. The aircraft flew 18 missions as part of the Eighth Air Force’s strategic bombing campaign.
During a mission from England to Cologne, the aircraft received a direct flak hit to the nose section, causing a catastrophic explosion that blew off the forward fuselage and sent the aircraft into an uncontrollable vertical dive. Witnesses reported no visible smoke or flames, and most saw no parachutes, though one crewman was observed descending by chute.
This is a automatic course control mixing unit which is dated 1940 which is a Siemens K12 Mischgerat which was used on the aircraft’s automatic course-control system and electrical control which is not complete.
The part which is a aluminium and steel made part which has electrical wiring and parts it is in nice solid condition and does still have some remains of its original black paintwork remains and is damaged from the impact of the crash which has ripped and smashed with lots of original colours and has a few maker markings on it very clear to see .The part it is in nice solid condition and nice clean condition for a recovered relic it is perfect for display or any collection the part is 6 inches long by 5 inches wide in size and perfect for display or any collection. This part was recovered from German Junkers Ju88A-4 bomber work number 3173 the pilot was Gruppenkommandeur. Major Klechs who was on a raid over England when he was shot down on the 18th September 1940 during the Battle of Britain. The German bomber crashed near the Town of Sandwich in Kent.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards also with diagram picture showing the part and where abouts on the aircraft it is from in clear pictures and a map.
The Ju88 bomber which was piloted by Major M.Klechs the Gruppenkommandeur he had dropped its bombs on Tilbury Docks when his bomber caught fire under attack by RAF fighters attacked by Red section of 19 Squadron spitfires. The plane was attacked by Flight Lieutenant W.G Clouston,Pilot Officer W.J Lawson also Pilot Officer W.Cunningham and Sergeant D.E Lloyd. The bomber crashed at Eastry Mill near Sandwich in Kent some of the crew abandoned the plane over Kent. The crew were Major M.Klechs,Oberleutnant F.Lauth both were killed also Feldwabel F.Himsel bailed out and was captured wounded and Feldwabel F.Probst also bailed out and was taken prisoner un hurt.
This is a steel made large fuselage structure part which is a massive part which has no paintwork remains or colour which has folded and has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash it is still very solid and not braking up or falling apart and has been very well cleaned the part is 18 inches long by 10 inches wide in size and a very rare one for display or any collection and a very rare to find from this famous rocket. The part comes from a airborne launched from a German He111 bomber, V1 "doodlebug" flying bomb which at 6:20 am on Christmas Eve (December 24) 1944 this one was intercepted by a RAF fighter it was tipped of course.
The rocket went south and crashed and detonated in Macclesfield Forest close to Teggs Nose and Five Ashes which the explosion caused a large crater spreading wreckage over a large area.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures and map.
Heinkel He 111 H-16 or H-20 twin-engine bombers were fitted with a launch rail under one wing (usually the starboard side) to carry a single V1 cruise missile. The operation was carried out by the Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) "Condor Legion".
In the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 1944, roughly 50 He 111s flew at a very low altitude (around 100 metres) over the North Sea toward the British coast to evade Allied radar. Once they neared the coast (off the Humber Estuary/Yorkshire area), the bombers climbed slightly to about 500 metres, ignited the V1's pulse-jet engine, released the missile on its gyrocompass heading toward Manchester, and turned back to Germany.
Because the air-launch technique was notoriously inaccurate, many of the 45 rockets released that morning failed to launch properly or went wildly off course. The rocket that dropped out of the sky at Grange Moor was one of these stray missiles, falling short and east of Manchester
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This a totally rare complete one off relic which is a heavily battle-damaged American Easy company M1 steel helmet which still has its spade badges on both sides which are still mostly clear to see. This is the rarest helmet i have ever had to sell and probably always will be. The helmet is associated with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and retains the distinctive white spade unit marking associated with Easy Company.
The helmet which is in relic condition but is mostly battle damaged with lots of splits and impact damage and has has bent over as well from the force of the explosion but is in remarkable condition for a relic. The helmet has bit of rust damage with a few some rust holes but nothing to bad. It is a solid piece which is not breaking up or falling apart it does not have any of its leather liner in place but does have some of its original green paintwork remains very clear to see it has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The helmet was recovered in the late 1980's or early 1990’s in a large wartime hole or position together with other American military equipment, including a substantial quantity of medical equipment and supplies. The mixed nature of the material suggests that the site was used as a temporary American field position or equipment cache during the fighting in the famous Foy woods which was fought over during the in battle of Bulge of December 1944 until January 1945..The helmet comes with 5 x A5 laminated information cards with map and many pictures with lots close up pictures of the helmet and its badge.
I myself have owned this helmet for 20 years and has been in my collection for that long i bought it directly from the man who recovered it himself and came directly out of his collection. I have seen some of his collection not all of it as some he would not show and what i saw is amazing he has been digging in the Ardennes forest for a very long time so i have a direct line of custardy and direct history of the helmet personally.
The recovery area lies within the Foy battlefield, where the 101st Airborne Division fought during the German Ardennes Offensive. Easy Company occupied positions in and around Bois Jacques and the woods overlooking Foy, enduring intense winter conditions, artillery fire and repeated German attacks. The fighting around Foy formed part of the wider defence of Bastogne and culminated in the American advance into the village in early January 1945.
Today, the helmet provides a remarkable physical link to the men of Easy Company and the brutal conditions they experienced in the Foy sector. Its severe fragmentation, penetrations, splits and deformation, combined with the surviving original Easy Company marking, make it a striking survivor from one of the most famous episodes of the Battle of the Bulge—the same history later brought to a worldwide audience through the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.