Mounted display with information cards, German soldiers helmet liner, soldiers name on the leather which was recovered in 2000’s from Hill 192 in Normandy 1944

This is a wood made mounted display panel with many pictures and map which is a German leather liner remains from inside helmet which is a aluminium made ring still with some of its leather liner still attached .This has the soldiers hand written name inside which has been clearly photographed and displayed on the cards. The liner is complete with some damage it still retains its original colour and is very solid it is not braking up or falling apart the item has been very well cleaned perfect for display and a very unusual one for the collection and is 12 inches wide by 16 inches tall. The liner was recovered in the early 2000’s from a rubbish pit on Hill 192 near Saint Lo in Normandy the battle of early July 1944.

Hill 192 with its overwhelming views on Saint-Lô and the surrounding area, by the 10th July 1944 the Americans reached the bottom of the hill and the roads it overlooked. The hill is defended by the paratroopers of the German Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5 and the Fallschirmjäger Regiment 9 part of the 3rd Fallschirmjäger-Division also Self-propelled guns and German tanks of the Panzer Lehr Division.