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Dansk: Tøjhusmuseet: Tropehjelm for det tyske Afrikakorps, 1940-43. Brunt filt og med en ret bred skygge hele vejen rundt. Fortil er den seks komma fem centimeter bred og bliver derefter smallere ved siderne for at skråne ud bagtil, hvor den er otte komma seks centimeter bred. Ovenpå pulden en ventilationsknap, der kan drejes. Skyggen kantet med en smal læderkant. En en komma fem centimeter bred grå læderrem, der kan justeres, går fra indersiden henover skyggen foran. Remmen kan hægtes af i den ene side. På højre side af hjelmen sidder et fire centimeter højt metalskjold i sort, sølv og rødt. (infanteri). På venstre side sidder et lignende skjold med den tyske rigsørn stående på hagekorset i sølv, bunden er sort (højhestegn). Det inderste filtlag er rødt med huller for ventilation. Linningen er af gult læder. Undersiden af skyggen er foret med mørkegrønt bomuld.


English: Tropical pith helmet (German: Tropenhelm) used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK) with Nazi Germany's national and military insignia on decals, featuring the eagle-and-swastika emblem of the German army (Wehrmachtsadler, "armed forces eagle") and the national colours.
  • Tropical helmet for the German Afrika Korps, 1940-43. Made of brown felt with a wide brim all around. In the front, it is 6.5 centimeters wide and tapers towards the sides, widening to 8.6 centimeters at the back. On top of the crown, there is a ventilator button that can be rotated. The brim is edged with a narrow leather trim. A 1.5-centimeter-wide gray leather strap, adjustable, runs from the inside over the brim in the front. The strap can be unhooked on one side. On the right side of the helmet is a 4-centimeter-high metal badge in black, silver, and red (infantry). On the left side is a similar badge with the German imperial eagle standing on a swastika in silver, with the bottom in black (high order). The innermost layer of felt is red with ventilation holes. The lining is made of yellow leather. The underside of the brim is lined with dark green cotton.
The Imperial War Museum, London:
History note: The tropical sun helmet, or Tropenhelm, was issued to all troops serving in North Africa and was strongly influenced by the design of the British Wolseley pattern helmet. Never popular, it was bulky and difficult to stow, therefore was soon 'misplaced' in favour of the tropical field cap. Despite its unpopularity with the troops, it was lightweight and comfortable, and there was no outward distinction of style or quality of those worn by men or officers. The most common of the M40 tropical helmets were those made of several panels of olive coloured drill material sewn together to the form of the cork shell of which this is an example. Those used by Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine personnel had their own form of shield insignia attached to the left side. Another version was made of olive coloured felt and these were known to have been used in Tunisia and Greece.
  • The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK) was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African campaign of World War II from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943.
Date 1940–1945
Source https://samlinger.natmus.dk/thm/object/23174
Author Photo of military headgear in the collections of the Danish War Museum (Danish: Tøjhusmuseet); National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (Nationalmuseet, Danmark); CC-BY-SA
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  • F. W. Assmann German insignia catalog 1930s - (reprint)
    F. W. Assmann German insignia catalog 1930s - (reprint)
  • F. W. Assmann German insignia catalog 1930s - (reprint)
    F. W. Assmann German insignia catalog 1930s - (reprint)

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