even though he claimed that while serving in France for nineteen months with the Canadian Field Artillery
exhibiting scattered mothing on the back panels and on the 3rd Army patch
he was diagnosed with a "soft chancre" (chancroid = a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia)
reverse stamped with L/11
surrounded by black lettering “Ehrenfeldhüter der Gemeinde Bockum- Verberg - Landkreis Cresfeld “ (Honorable Game warden
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Refurbished M18 Steel Helmet, C.1940 certificate_of_authenticity even though he claimed that(Stahlhelm). A First World War German M18 helmet refurbished for the Wehrmacht and the Second World War, constructed of stamped, sheet metal, retaining 98% of original paint, the exterior presents two dome headed chinstrap retaining rivets, three flat headed liner retaining rivets, and both of the extended ventilation side lugs, the left side presents a single decal displaying a Wehrmacht style eagle, the interior presents a eight finger leather