Original German WWII M35 Double Decal Police Combat Helmet - Stamped ET66 Browning LMG The squadron's first combat action

The squadron's first combat action with the Japanese happened on 14 March over Horn Island

Apparently at about the same time

The other side of the tang is dated with 皇紀 二千 六百 年 吉日

being much lighter and more versatile than the jackets they replaced

and was first used during the Allied invasion of Sicily that year

Original German WWII M35 Double Decal Police Combat Helmet - Stamped ET66 Browning LMG The squadron's first combat actionOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fantastic double decal Police helmet is a great example of a prewar M35 helmet that was used in WWII. Polizei helmets like this were used by civil police as well as by paramilitary police forces who were deployed as combatants during the war. This example still retains its original greenish gray paint and two decals. Both of the original decals remain intact. The Polizei eagle decal has some assorted scratches,