Original U.S. Vietnam War Pilot APH-5 Flying Helmet Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly in the light the original

in the light the original markings can still be seen:

Mauser manufacture

Impressive 4' x 7' (1

and from there on is very finely platted leather over a flexible core

produced 1898 to 1902

Original U.S. Vietnam War Pilot APH-5 Flying Helmet Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly in the light the originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. The APH 5 helmet was the result of more than two years studies conducted 1954 56 for a successor to the H 3 and H 4 series of helmets. VX 3 at NAS Atlantic City, the Aero Medical Branch of Service Test Division at NATC Patuxent River, Air Crew Equipment Laboratory, Naval Air Materiel Center, Philadelphia, and AirLant and AirPac Fleet units were among those who co operated with the Airborne Equipment Division of BuAer