Original U.S. Korean War / Early Vietnam War Tanker Company Commander’s Helmet - Converted Football Helmet Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly In the post card he

In the post card he lets her know he is alright and loves her and asks het to go to the red cross and to send him candy and tobacco

The Bulgarian European War Commemorative Medal was instituted in 1933

with serial number 6328 marked on the bottom of the grip frame

The following two medals are mounted to the metal bar with their ribbons:

A very nice rare example of the predecessor to many machetes and other pioneer blades

Original U.S. Korean War / Early Vietnam War Tanker Company Commander’s Helmet - Converted Football Helmet Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly In the post card heOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is an interesting helmet for sure! This is basically a football helmet very similar to Spalding helmets and converted for use in the U. S. Military as a tankers helmet, or possibly a door gunners helmet in Vietnam. This is a very scarce helmet that was a stop gap piece after the WWII Tanker Helmet and before they produced a Tanker specific helmet. The Football helmet was a state of the art lightweight helmet