Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Snider Rifle with the brass binding loose

with the brass binding loose

As with the similarly shaped RAC helmet

There are no maker markings visible anymore on the header

Germany during the Battle of the Bulge

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Snider Rifle with the brass binding looseOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very hard to find USAAF WWII issue M5 Flak Helmet, in very good condition. It does not look to have been issued, but it does have a lot of storage wear on the exterior shell. This has removed a lot of the fuzzy "flocked" coating on the exterior. World War Two American bomber crews in the skies over Europe needed something more than their leather flying helmets to provide them with shrapnel injuries, however