Posted 9 months ago
petey
(298 items)
WW11 British Tank crew helmet, painted in cammo green, these were normally painted black. Owner wrote his army number inside. These helmets also used by the SAS for training.
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Neat mon. Where U find that? Those aren't easy to find at all.
I'll give you 6 goats & 3 copper bracelets for it. Oops, I forgot the admin. policy(again).
Thanks for looking BELLIN68, mrmajestic1, blunderbuss2, pw-collector. In answer to your question blunderbuss2, this one came from a small shop in Normandy, France, when I was out there looking round the area. I have never found any evidence they were used in actual combat, but given where I found it....perhaps?
Now if I only had room for 6 goats.......
Another fascinating helmet that I don't think I'd enjoy wearing! Was this fashioned of treated fabric?
OK, petey, I'll go 6 goats, 4 copper bracelets & a water buffalo. Hell, I'll throw in a hector of land if you don't ask where it is. The deed will be good! Guess I should add that the water buffalo is on the land but don't let that discourage you. The other 4 water buffaloes of my ex-herd have cleared out the U.S. butter-fly mines.
I think you can guess why I like this one :)
Thanks for looking mikielikesigns2, miKKoChristmas11, Dr_Rambow.
miKKoChristmas11, yes appears to be a treated compressed fabric, very lightweight.
Dr_Rambow, I did wonder if you would spot this one.
@blunderbuss2, you might be getting the better of the trade, unless your sure the 4 from your ex-herd has found them all.
I'm pretty sure the last 1 is OK & I got some locals to stomp all around to see if there were any more mines. That's the good news! bad news is the gov't has been overthrown again & I can't guarantee the title. I'll check but certainly not by personally going there. I don't know if they have a statute of limitations.
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