Falklands War Argentine Battle Damaged Steel Combat Helmet, ...

Hammer

£660

Falklands War Argentine Battle Damaged Steel Combat Helmet, Argentine M1 pattern steel combat helmet with torn original camouflage cover. One side to helmet features an impact dent from blunt force contact. Original straps attached to side, with inside liner removed due to excessive staining after the event. Multiple stain patches, likely bloodstained. Scott Ward (LCoH),Tank Commander, states that he collected the helmet on the Southern Attack at Mount Tumbledown whilst supporting the Scots Guards, the helmet was collected from an Argentine soldier the morning after the attack during ceasefire 15th June 1982 and brought home to England. (See also lots, 124, 125, 126 & 127.)