PRE WW II ITALIAN M 33 ECUADOR ARMY & PERUVIAN 1941 WAR HELMET / DECAL RARE
Item History & Price
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PRE WW II ITALIAN M 33 ECUADOR ARMY & PERUVIAN 1941 WAR HELMET / DECAL RARE
EXTREMELY SCARCE AND RARE !!!ORIGINAL LINER WITHOUT CHINSTRAP
FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
ORIGINAL ITALIAN M 33 HELMET
PRE WW II
ECUADORIAN ARMY
WITH DECAL - NATIONAL COCKADE- YELLOW, BLUE AND RED COLOURS
THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON THEECUADORIAN GENERAL STAFF WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND CONSEQUENTLY , QUITO PURCHASED ANIMPORTANT QUANTITY OF ITALIAN EQUIPMENT IN 1938, INCLUDING THE M 15 ADRIAN..., BUT MOSTLY THE NEW M 33. THESE HELMETS WERE SOMETIMES DECORATED WITH THE NATIONAL COCKADE .
WHEN ITALY JOINED THE AXISPOWERS IN 1940 , WASHINGTON BEGAN PRESSURING THE GOVERNMENT IN QUITO , ANDQUANTITIES OF US MILITARY EQUIPMENT BEGAN ARRIVING.
IN THE YEAR 1941, IN THE WAR BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU , THE PERUVIAN TROOPS INVADEDECUADOR AND DURING THIS WAR THE ITALIAN HELMETS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED .
AFTER 1942 THE US DELIVEREDQUANTITIES OF THE M 1917 A1 HELMET , WHICH BRIEFLY BECAME THE OFFICIAL HELMET OF THEECUADORIAN ARMY.
FOLLOWING THE 1941 WAR , SOMECAPTURED ITALIAN M 33 HELMETS , ALSO WERE IN USE BY PERUVIAN ARMY .
Due to sanitary restrictions in force for some shipments to different parts of the world, please ask me before making the purchase, to find out if it is possible to send to your location. thanks.
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EXTREMELY SCARCE AND RARE !!!ORIGINAL LINER WITHOUT CHINSTRAP
FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
ORIGINAL ITALIAN M 33 HELMET
PRE WW II
ECUADORIAN ARMY
WITH DECAL - NATIONAL COCKADE- YELLOW, BLUE AND RED COLOURS
THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON THEECUADORIAN GENERAL STAFF WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND CONSEQUENTLY , QUITO PURCHASED ANIMPORTANT QUANTITY OF ITALIAN EQUIPMENT IN 1938, INCLUDING THE M 15 ADRIAN..., BUT MOSTLY THE NEW M 33. THESE HELMETS WERE SOMETIMES DECORATED WITH THE NATIONAL COCKADE .
WHEN ITALY JOINED THE AXISPOWERS IN 1940 , WASHINGTON BEGAN PRESSURING THE GOVERNMENT IN QUITO , ANDQUANTITIES OF US MILITARY EQUIPMENT BEGAN ARRIVING.
IN THE YEAR 1941, IN THE WAR BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU , THE PERUVIAN TROOPS INVADEDECUADOR AND DURING THIS WAR THE ITALIAN HELMETS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED .
AFTER 1942 THE US DELIVEREDQUANTITIES OF THE M 1917 A1 HELMET , WHICH BRIEFLY BECAME THE OFFICIAL HELMET OF THEECUADORIAN ARMY.
FOLLOWING THE 1941 WAR , SOMECAPTURED ITALIAN M 33 HELMETS , ALSO WERE IN USE BY PERUVIAN ARMY .
Due to sanitary restrictions in force for some shipments to different parts of the world, please ask me before making the purchase, to find out if it is possible to send to your location. thanks.
04678
