US WW2 28th 'Keystone' Infantry Division Combat Helmet

In a very stunning condition a US WW2 28th Infanry Division 'Bloody Bucket/ Keystone ' Combat Helmet.
The helmet was found in a barn in Normandy france resently and comes with a stunning decal of the 28th Infantry Division on the front of the M1 helmet.
The helmet is a very nice M1 Swivel bale version with original chinstraps attached.
The helmet has on the reverse side traces/ holes of schrapnel damage.
The helmet has the productionnumber 877F
Attached to the Mc Cord helmet is a very nice liner made by Westinghouse with the original chinstrap.
A very stunning helmet that is left behind in Normandy after they landed their for operation Cobra.

The division left the United States and went overseas on 8 October 1943, arriving in South Wales soon afterwards, where it began training for the invasion of Northern France.
On 22 July 1944, the division landed in Normandy, seven weeks after the initial D-Day landings and was almost immediately involved in Operation Cobra.

The 28th Infantry Division pushed east towards the French capital of Paris through the Bocage, its roads littered with abandoned tanks and bloated, stinking corpses of men and animals. In little more than a month after landing at the Normandy beachhead, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, the men of the 28th entered Paris and were given the honor of marching down the Champs-Elysées on 29 August 1944 in the hastily arranged Liberation of Paris.

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