Original WWII Italian M33 Helmet with Post War Sand Camouflage Paint and Stencil - Full Liner & Chinstrap - Size 57 Spanish Artillery 251st Air Defense Artillery RegimentThe

251st Air Defense Artillery RegimentThe 251st Coast Artillery was a coast artillery regiment in the California National Guard

This award was worn as a steckreuz on the breast

The worst of the damage is a small tear at the bottom left

though the rigging seems to be somewhat improvised

Original WWII Italian M33 Helmet with Post War Sand Camouflage Paint and Stencil - Full Liner & Chinstrap - Size 57 Spanish Artillery 251st Air Defense Artillery RegimentTheOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M33 Helmet (Elmetto Mod. 33 in Italian) is a steel combat helmet designed in the 1930s in Italy, and was the standard combat helmet of the Regio Esercito up to World War II, and of the Esercito Italiano well into the Cold War. Designed by Nicola Leszl for the Mussolini Government, these have become extremely hard to find on the collectors market today, especially WWII examples that have not been refurbished. This