Pre Ww II Italian M 33 Ecuador Army & Peruvian 1941 War Helmet / Decal Rare
PRE WW II ITALIAN M 33 ECUADOR ARMY & PERUVIAN 1941 WAR HELMET / DECAL. EXTREMELY SCARCE AND RARE!! ORIGINAL ITALIAN M 33 HELMET. WITH DECAL – NATIONAL COCKADE – YELLOW, BLUE AND RED COLOURS. THESE HELMETS WERE SOMETIMES DECORATED WITH THE NATIONAL COCKADE. WHEN ITALY JOINED THE AXIS POWERS IN 1940 , WASHINGTON BEGAN PRESSURING THE GOVERNMENT IN QUITO , AND QUANTITIES OF US MILITARY EQUIPMENT BEGAN ARRIVING. IN THE YEAR 1941, IN THE WAR BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU , THE PERUVIAN TROOPS INVADED ECUADOR AND DURING THIS WAR THE ITALIAN HELMETS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED. AFTER 1942 THE US DELIVERED QUANTITIES OF THE M 1917 A1 HELMET , WHICH BRIEFLY BECAME THE OFFICIAL HELMET OF THE ECUADORIAN ARMY. FOLLOWING THE 1941 WAR , SOME CAPTURED ITALIAN M 33 HELMETS , ALSO WERE IN USE BY PERUVIAN ARMY. The item “PRE WW II ITALIAN M 33 ECUADOR ARMY & PERUVIAN 1941 WAR HELMET / DECAL RARE” is in sale since Monday, July 20, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “carlosraul187″ and is located in MONTEVIDEO. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy