WWII USMC Camouflage M-1 Helmet Cover (Third Pattern) on_auction It began its life as

It began its life as part of a much larger vehicle-sized netting

a steel wire hanger

0/0250/0322" marking of F

the veteran intricately hand painted the insignia of the Kriegsmarine in its place

This is an original and rather uncommon WWII U

WWII USMC Camouflage M-1 Helmet Cover (Third Pattern) on_auction It began its life asDescription This is an original WWII USMC camouflage M 1 helmet cover. The cover is devoid of foliage slits in both the crown and the tongues a characteristic of the third variation of covers produced during the war. Third pattern helmet covers began appearing in wartime photographs on Iwo Jima and Okinawa in early 1945. It features the distinctive double chain center stitching and zigzag border stitching on the beach side, and it is still in its