US WW2 13th Armored Division Helmet Liner HQ

In a very good condition a stunning US WW2 13th Armored Division Helmet Liner.
The helmet liner comes with the name on the front of the former owner called Silvestri and with the rank chevron of a technical sergeant!
The bottom of the helmet has on the outside a light green rim with a white stripe, indicating use during WW2 by the 13th Armored Division.
The side of the liner is marked with a Yellow triangle with the text Hq (headquarters company).
Inside is the helmet complete with the original lining and maker marked by MSA (Mine Safety Appliance in Pittsburgh).
A very stunning marked M1 Helmet liner of an armoured division!

The division was activated on 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, east of Marysville, California.

The 13th Armored, known as the Black Cats, landed at Le Havre, France, 29 January 1945. After performing occupation duties, the Division moved to Homberg near Kassel to prepare for combat under the Third Army, 5 April. At Altenkirchen, it was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps and prepared for the Ruhr Pocket operation. The attack jumped off at Honnef, 10 April. After crossing the river Sieg at Siegburg, the 13th pushed north to Bergisch Gladbach, then toward Duisburg and Mettmann by 18 April.

Shifting south to Eschenau, the Division prepared for Bavarian operations. Starting from Parsberg, 26 April, the 13th crossed the Regen river, then the Danube at Matting and secured the area near Dünzling. On the 28th, elements closed in at Plattling and crossed the Isar River. Moderate to heavy resistance was met during this drive through southern Germany. The Division smashed into Braunau am Inn, Austria, 2 May, and the command post was set up in the house where Hitler was born. A bridgehead across the Inn was established at Marktl, but the river was not crossed as orders came to reassemble north of Inn River, 2 May.

Preparations were made for further advances when the war in Europe ended. The 13th remained in Germany until 25 June and left Le Havre, France, for home, 14 July 1945.

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