Morning gents, I am sure you have seen this one over the last few weeks on the bay. The price has dropped again and if like me you think that this is a made up piece, that may very well be the reason. My granddad was in the 3rd Infantry Division on the 1st wave into Sword beach on D-Day. He's still around aged 89 so I asked him about this helmet. He said he too had a turtle helmet at this time but does not recall ever seeing one flashed up to the 3rd Infantry, either during the landings or later on. He recalls seeing many Regiment flashed "tommies" and "turtles" but none to divisions? I know this is a lot of years ago and the memory fades but it is at least a first hand opinion, what are your thoughts chaps? Leon.
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