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Yesterday I found two Italian WW2 paratrooper helmets on a slope of a local mountain. This region where I live was under Italian military occupation from 1941 until Italy capitulated in 1943. Judging by the shape, I am pretty sure they were manufactured for paratroopers.

My grandfather told me that he saw how Italian soldiers cook food in their helmets, perhaps these two I found were for the same purpose as they are deteriorated and cracked on top. I will attach two YouTube videos to this topic, in the second one you can see helmets undisturbed. I filmed them prior to touching them as I was not completely sure what the thing was.

I will come back to this location to look for more stuff, it is a 30 minute walk from my house. In the meantime tell me what you think

That's pretty cool.

mrfoo wrote: ↑

Tue May 25, 2021 12:06 am

That's pretty cool.

Indeed, I hope there is more stuff left on that location.

Nice find! The lack of rim does make it seem like they are paratroop helmets:



Worth doing a bit of research as to the exact units involved as to my knowledge it was mostly Alpine troops in this area or operations.

Indeed, I hope there is more stuff left on that location.

Beware UXO especially if it was an active combat zone!

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote: ↑

Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 am

Nice find! The lack of rim does make it seem like they are paratroop helmets:



Worth doing a bit of research as to the exact units involved as to my knowledge it was mostly Alpine troops in this area or operations.

Indeed, I hope there is more stuff left on that location.

Beware UXO especially if it was an active combat zone!

I knew that these were Italian helmets after 5 minutes, but had to research later to confirm that these were designed for paratroopers.. really strange, no one ever mentioned to me that paratroopers were in this area.

I think you're lucky to live in a location with history. I'd love to do stuff like that but.... Well, there isn't really anything like that around here. Nobody lived here until WWII (and even then it wasn't a battleground).