This is a lovely and rare group of parts from the very famous battlefield in North Africa which include part of a pair of sand goggles, maker marked jacket zipper also pith helmet eagle badge remains and a section of sand camouflage uniform jacket. The parts are nice solid condition with a lot of there original colours. The parts have been mounted in to a glass-fronted box frame measuring 13 inches long by 13 inches wide making them perfect for display or a collection. The relics were all recovered from the El Alamein battlefield in North Africa in 1942.
The relics were all recovered from the El Alamein battlefield in the early 2000’s by Egyptian-Sahara.com, an expedition and battlefield-tour company that operated in Egypt during the late 2000s and early 2010s and specialised in expeditions to the El Alamein battlefield. Contemporary Egyptian-Sahara promotional material supplied with the helmet provides supporting provenance for its recovery and shows the company documenting and displaying battlefield relics from the area. The accompanying leaflet is retained as supporting documentary evidence of the company and its El Alamein battlefield activities.
El Alamein was the scene of the decisive Second Battle of El Alamein, fought from 23 October to 11 November 1942, when the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery launched a major offensive against German and Italian forces commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. After fierce fighting across the desert, the Axis forces were forced to withdraw westwards. The victory halted the Axis advance towards Egypt and the Suez Canal and became a major turning point in the North African Campaign. The helmet therefore represents a tangible surviving artefact connected to the British and Commonwealth forces that fought in this strategically important desert theatre.
This is a lovely and rare group of parts from the very famous battlefield in North Africa which include part of a pair of sand goggles, maker marked jacket zipper also pith helmet eagle badge remains and a section of sand camouflage uniform jacket. The parts are nice solid condition with a lot of there original colours. The parts have been mounted in to a glass-fronted box frame measuring 13 inches long by 13 inches wide making them perfect for display or a collection. The relics were all recovered from the El Alamein battlefield in North Africa in 1942.
The relics were all recovered from the El Alamein battlefield in the early 2000’s by Egyptian-Sahara.com, an expedition and battlefield-tour company that operated in Egypt during the late 2000s and early 2010s and specialised in expeditions to the El Alamein battlefield. Contemporary Egyptian-Sahara promotional material supplied with the helmet provides supporting provenance for its recovery and shows the company documenting and displaying battlefield relics from the area. The accompanying leaflet is retained as supporting documentary evidence of the company and its El Alamein battlefield activities.
El Alamein was the scene of the decisive Second Battle of El Alamein, fought from 23 October to 11 November 1942, when the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery launched a major offensive against German and Italian forces commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. After fierce fighting across the desert, the Axis forces were forced to withdraw westwards. The victory halted the Axis advance towards Egypt and the Suez Canal and became a major turning point in the North African Campaign. The helmet therefore represents a tangible surviving artefact connected to the British and Commonwealth forces that fought in this strategically important desert theatre.
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