Original U.S. WWII SHAEF Eisenhower Letter Sent to the Troops Before D-Day Category_Receiver Top Cover There is a US Navy

There is a US Navy Acceptance stamp on the top

This is a very nice service used example of a WWI M17 Austro-Hungarian Helmet that was converted for use by the Third Reich in the 1930s before the issue of the M1935 helmet

which has a reversible clearing worm on the end

functional trigger with bolt action that fires from the "open bolt" position

now exposing the bottom of the inner sheet steel

Original U.S. WWII SHAEF Eisenhower Letter Sent to the Troops Before D-Day Category_Receiver Top Cover There is a US NavyOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an original D Day Eisenhower Message to the Troops letter as issued to allied forces prior to embarkation for the Normandy Landings in June 1944. The letter measures 6 x 9 and is one of the nicest examples we have seen, with the only serious flaw being the diagonal fold marks on the right side. The letter is in great shape overall, with the normal folding marks. This is only the second example of this