WW2 GI Discovers 'German Paratrooper Helmet'-You Won't Believe What It Really Is!

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@Lstew14244 5 ай бұрын

Might be this man, Raymond Leroy Melms, 1917-1992, life long resident of Port Huron Michigan. The military unit is the 320th Infantry Regiment, which was part of the 80th Infantry Division, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. I can't make out the company letter. Cool helmet, fantastic condition.

@alexwarstory 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Brilliant information!

@Lstew14244 5 ай бұрын

You are very welcome Alex, I enjoy your videos. I wanted to add this to the information, on 7 May 1945 the 80th Division was stopped at the Enns River, near Kirchdorf, just east of Munich, when the ceasefire was announced.

@rolfagten857 5 ай бұрын

Nice WW2 story.

@alexwarstory 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ShaneT.0331 5 ай бұрын

SSH 39 still a tough one to find

@samparkerSAM 5 ай бұрын

Alex ... it was probably some quick thinking GI... it is possible that the helmet would have been confiscated... I will keep my eyes open for some early Soviet helmets

@sheep1ewe 5 ай бұрын

Nice collection You hawe there mate, unfortunately most of my own collection is from later eras so i can't help You at the moment, but it is interesting to see the similarities to the very early swedish helmets, but the Russian helmets had a slightly lower profile (probably an adaption to the new high velocity projectil weapons introduced in the early 1900s i guess) and did not had the front emblem, there also seem to be an improved face protection piece on the Russian helmets. Thank You for charing those pictures from Your collection!

@stan6 5 ай бұрын

6:10 i see this type of helmet regular in finland, or very similar type with the red star

@IntoDaAbyss-hd8st 5 ай бұрын

I'm very close to Port Huron MI. It's about 45 min drive from my house. Just North of Detroit

@TellySavalas-or5hf 5 ай бұрын

SSH 39 seen in "Come and see" the 1985 warmovie.

@projektkobra2247 5 ай бұрын

Port Huron...like the lake..."Hyurr-On".

@brittakriep2938 5 ай бұрын

Attention! In Europe it is possible, to find medieval helmets.

@alexc6324 5 ай бұрын

either the G.I was forced to mislabel it because of some regulation or else he was an idiot who paid a lot of dollars for a 'worthless' helmet lol.

@murraymccheyne5576 5 ай бұрын

Great video Alex , what would the price approximately be on the relic fallschirmjager helmet

@alexwarstory 5 ай бұрын

Depends on condition but it should be around $500-800 in same condition

@murraymccheyne5576 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwarstory Thank you Alex, I have a similar helmet that was collected from Crete in the 70s you can still see the decal , I’m from Australia 🇦🇺 & my interest is in that major invasion by the Fallschirmjager & Australia, newzealand we’re defending Crete