"BRITISH AIRBORNE HEADDRESS" WW2 D-DAY PARATROOPER JUMP HELMET REFERENCE BOOK

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From D-Day at Normandy to the "Bridge Too Far" at Arnhem, British paras of WW2 donned their maroon wool berets and steel jump helmets with pride. The variations of those iconic pieces of headgear, as well as those worn by SOE agents and glider pilots, have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Daniel Fisher and Oliver Lock, in collaboration with Military Mode Publishing and the Airborne Assault Museum, to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 2013. This "BRITISH AIRBORNE HEADDRESS" WW2 D-DAY PARATROOPER JUMP HELMET REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts elegantly illustrated hardcovers, and sports 259 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of British and Polish airborne wool berets, the earliest P type "duck bill" steel jump helmet, fiber brim steel jump helmets, Mk. 1 and Mk. 2 steel jump helmets, regimental painted and decal decorated examples, Polish airborne used British steel jump helmets, "Bungee" padded training helmets, the SOE camouflage padded jump helmet, RAF glider rider pulp crash helmets, and chapters devoted to battle damaged examples, post-war jump helmets, and other headgear such as slouch hats, pith helmets, and side hats. A beautiful example of a "BRITISH AIRBORNE HEADDRESS" WW2 D-DAY PARATROOPER JUMP HELMET REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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