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    Posted 4 years ago

    elanski
    (97 items)

    This is a late issue Luftschutz (Air Protection) Helmet dating from around 1943. Several different versions of these exist with generally the quality and materials used getting cheaper as the war went on to drive costs down. Often known as the gladiator helmet as it resembles the design of those worn by Roman gladiators.
    The Luftschutz was a voluntary civilian role responsible in a air raid for ensuring that everyone in their allotted area was taking the necessary air raid precautions, much like the British ARP wardens. Their task was to prepare people for air attack and provide training in ‘Self-protection’ and undertake all the necessary emergency and rescue measures once an attack had happened. ‘self-protection' involved training in first-aid, anti-gas procedures, air-raid discipline, and how to create a ‘bomb-safe room'. Every house and apartment block in an endangered city had to have a designated safe room completed to standard specifications
    As times became more desperate near the end of the war the Luftschutz assisted also with Anti aircraft defences, manning searchlights and anti aircraft guns before being pressed into last ditch defences against advancing Russian and American troops. A fight they couldn’t possibly win. By spring 1945 the writing was well and truly on the wall for Nazi Germany.

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      Really nice one.
    2. fortapache fortapache, 4 years ago
      What bb2 said. I'll bet they got a lot of practice.
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      What makes me sick is things things they remove the swastika from because, otherwise, it can't be sold on Evilbay. Many, you can tell have been recently defaced. Destroying history is stooping real low and it is encouraged by Evilbay. I've wondered if they ever thought about all the money they lost because of low bids or no-sale ?
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      I don't subscribe to the idea of minorities dictating to the rest of us and depriving us of another freedom. They allow the "rising Sun". Let's not give them ideas though !
    5. fortapache fortapache, 4 years ago
      Plus these item deserves more loves. It is a rare historical item.
    6. elanski elanski, 4 years ago
      I agree fully Blunderbuss. Ebay even banned selling models of the Dukes of Hazzard car at one point because of the confederate flag on it, although they backed down on that one.

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