Uruguay Metropolitan Guard French M 35 Tank Machine Gun Helmet Citroen Kegresse
URUGUAYAN GUARDIA METROPOLITANA FRENCH M 35 TANK STEEL HELMET FOR CITROEN KEGRESSE P28. CASQUE CHARS M 35 MADE SPECIALLY FOR URUGUAY. ONLY 10 HELMETS LIKE THIS WAS MADE IN FRANCE. FOR MACHINE GUN TANK CITROEN KEGRESSE P 28. ONLY 50 TANKS LIKE THIS WERE MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE. AND ONLY 3 WERE ACQUIRED BY URUGUAY. EVERY TANK HAD 2 CREW. THE TOTAL WERE ONLY 6 CREW FOR URUGUAY. (AS CAN SEE IN PICTURE NUMBER 2). THESE HELMETS WAS RECEIVED IN URUGUAY IN YEAR 1936. 6 FOR INITIAL DOTATION AND 4 FOR REPLACEMENT. THESE TANKS WERE ACTIVE UNTIL THE YEARS 1950s, AND ONLY ONE SURVIVED IN THE METROPOLITAN GUARD MUSEUM OF MONTEVIDEO , AS CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES NUMBER 10,11,12. EXTREMELY SCARCE , ONLY WAS MADE 10 LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD!! MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE , YEAR 1936. AS CAN SEE THESE HELMETS WAS MADE SPECIALLY WITH PLAIN FRONT FLAMING GRENADE EMBLEM IN FRONT. UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE NOT SURVIVED. THE URUGUAYAN METROPOLITAN GUARD WAS CREATED IN THE YEAR 1935. SO, BESIDES OTHER SPECIAL EQUIPMENT , HE BOUGHT IN FRANCE 10 M35 STEEL TANK HELMETS. THEY ARE EXTREMELY RARES AND EXTREMELY SCARCES , BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE, ONLY 10 COPIES WAS RECEIVED IN URUGUAY. ASSIGNED TO GUARD METROPOLITAN. IN PICTURES NUMBER 2, THAT I ENCLOSE , CAN SEE THE CREW OF 3 CITROEN KEGRESSE P 28 , WEARING THESE HELMETS. PICTURES ARE TAKEN FROM THE URUGUAYAN BOOK, YEAR 1941 ENTITLED “LA POLICIA”. LA GUARDIA METROPOLITANA DE URUGUAY FUE CREADA EN EL AÑO 1935. EN 1936 EL ENTONCES JEFE DE DICHA UNIDAD, MAYOR HECTOR BLANCO , VIAJO A EUROPA A REALIZAR UNA COMPRA ESPECIAL DE EQUIPO Y MATERIAL PARA DOTAR A SU UNIDAD. ES ASI QUE EN FRANCIA SE COMPRARON 10 CASCOS M 35 DE TANQUISTA , LOS CUALES FUERON HECHOS ESPECIALMENTE CON LA INSIGNIA FRONTAL DE LA GRANADA PLANA. ESTUVIERON EN USO HASTA PRINCIPIOS DE LOS AÑOS 50. ES UN EJEMPLAR MUY RARO Y ESCASO YA QUE COMO SE DIJO ANTES, SOLO SE RECIBIERON 10 EJEMPLARES. EN LA FOTO NUMERO 2 QUE YO INCLUYO PUEDEN VERSE LOS 6 TRIPULANTES DE LOS 3 AUTO AMETRALLADORAS CITROEN KEGRESSE P 28 , DE DICHO CUERPO USANDO ESTE MISMO MODELO DE CASCO. LAS FOTOGRAFIAS SON TOMADAS DEL LIBRO URUGUAYO DE 1941 TITULADO ” LA POLICIA”. Y EN LAS FOTOGRAFIAS NUMERO 10,11,12 PUEDE VERSE EL UNICO EJEMPLAR SOBREVIVIENTE EN EL MUSEO DE LA GUARDIA METROPOLITANA DE MONTEVIDEO. The item “URUGUAY METROPOLITAN GUARD FRENCH M 35 TANK MACHINE GUN HELMET CITROEN KEGRESSE” is in sale since Sunday, September 1, 2019. 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: France