Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet with Flocked Paint - Rare Variant No Return Michaelis and Lieutenant Richard E

Michaelis and Lieutenant Richard E

Interestingly this bayonet is not fitted with a flash protector that is surprising for 1915

as well as when it was overhauled:

U-55 was launched on October 19th

Award of the Infantry Assault Badge was authorized at regimental command level

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M3 Steel FLAK Helmet with Flocked Paint - Rare Variant No Return Michaelis and Lieutenant Richard EOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something we have not seen before! It is a very good condition hard to find USAAF WWII issue M3 Flak Helmet, however it has a "flocked" paint job! This basically means it is "fuzzy", however this is a development that was part of the changes that made the M5 version of the Flak helmet, and we have not seen an M3 with this paint job before. It is flocked inside and out, under the liner, so we have no reason to