These were in service long after WW2 had concluded
the Ordnance Department published the requirements for military watches
so the whole project was in danger of never being finished
These helmets were also used by the short-lived para-marines
These excess helmets underwent minor modifications in 1923 with the addition of provincial identifying shield decals and in 1931 with the development of a new chinstrap and liner system
Original U.S. WWII 5th Armored Division Named Grouping - Wounded In Action Sten Gun These were in service longOriginal Items: One of a kind set. A nice U. S. WWII grouping named to T 5 Robert T. Jaworski ASN 37471274 of 47th Armored Infantry Battalion, 5th Armored Division. The 5th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach, 24 July 1944, and moved into combat on 2 August, driving south through Coutances, Avranches, and Vitre, and across the Mayenne River to seize the city of Le Mans, 8 August. Turning north, the Division forged the steel ring around the Germans