Today, I uncover the forgotten story of Heinrich Himmler’s personal SS helmet, one of, if not the rarest Nazi relics ever discovered. From the origins of the black SS uniforms and M18 RZM helmets to ...
Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.
When German soldiers captured Glen Cove native Rocco DiLeo during a battle near Dornot, France, they knocked the sergeant's helmet off with their rifle butts. Sixty-nine years later, the helmet -- a ...
War has been part and parcel of humanity since the proverbial beginning of time, and people have clad themselves in protective gear and armor for thousands of years. Helmets worn in combat are not a ...
Dennis O'Callaghan holding one of the helmets - his father Bill was one of only two men to survive the massacre after the soldiers surrendered on 27 May 1940 Two helmets belonging to World War Two ...
The 101st decided that using the four suits of a standard deck of playing cards would be ideal, and painted them onto both sides of the soldiers' helmets — a little detour ... the 101st Airborne's ...