someone had seen one like this before ? heat stamp 680C
M1 cross on front
someone had seen one like this before ? heat stamp 680C
Looks a bit like a derivation of the Cross of Lorraine? Could the owner have been in the 79th Div?
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by BlackCat1982
The Cross of Lorraine (Croix de Lorraine) was my immediate thought too and it did appear on helmets of the 79th in both wars but never that big or crude and usually within an escutcheon (shield) so as this is a fixed loop shell and therefore of earlier vintage I wondered if it might have been worn by a member of the post D-Day popular uprising and was crudely painted with an obvious recognition sign?
Regards
Mark
Last edited by Watchdog; 09-24-2020 at 01:42 PM. Reason: Typo
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
I would agree with a French Liberation use based on how crude it is. There is a similar one here, similar condition, smaller cross but also a fixed bail.
US M1 Fixed bail for WWII Free French Army - STEEL AND KEVLAR HELMETS - U.S. Militaria Forum - I don't want to steal the images from another forum.
Steve
Ok. Thanks a lot.
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