Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper 4000 Club Pin by Balfour - Extremely Rare Vickers MMG This helmet is very nice

This helmet is very nice example and still retains all of its original WW2 parts and the shell has all original "corked" grain paint with front seam and fixed bails

and together with a number of colleagues was hanged at Nuremberg Prison on 16 October 1946

the barrel retaining almost all its blue and the action its Case Hardening

and the Sea Horse

History of the 82nd in WW2: The 82nd Division was re-designated on 13 February 1942 during World War II as Division Headquarters

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper 4000 Club Pin by Balfour - Extremely Rare Vickers MMG This helmet is very niceOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are extremely rare!!! This is a very nice example of the seldom awarded "4000 Club" pin, maker marked on the back by BALFOUR. This "club" is one of the most exclusive in all of the U. S. forces, and could be though of as a club that every member was thankful they were in. To get into that club however, required for the Paratrooper to survive a terrifying ordeal which could be fatal: having your main parachute