WW2 RUSSIAN SSH40 HELMET FROM BATTLEFIELD IN KURLAND

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WW2 RUSSIAN SSH40 HELMET FROM BATTLEFIELD IN KURLAND
WW2 RUSSIAN SSH40 HELMET FROM BATTLEFIELD IN KURLAND
FOR SALE WW2 RUSSIAN SSH-40 (STAL'NOY SHLEM-40- IN ENGLISH STEEL HELMET 40) HELMET FOUND ON A REAL BATTLEFIELD OF KURLAND (LATVIA). BIG SIZE. PLEASE CHECK ACTUAL PHOTOS FOR CONDITION AND DETAILS. IT WAS FOUND BY A LOCAL MILITARIA DIGGERS APPROX. 7 YEARS AGO AND CLEANED. FULLY READY FOR DISPLAY. NICE ITEM, A SINGLE COLLECTION CAN'T BE CONSIDERED BEING COMPLETE WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE SUCH ITEM IN IT.
SHIPPING TO ANY DESTINATION (any additional dug helmet s/h only , if you planning to purchase more than 2 helmets please email for quotation, as s/h rates vary from quantity. Any additional
lightweight item, such as Chinstrap, armband, set of rivet(s), Drawstring, etc... s/h for free). WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING IF YOU WILL TAKE MULTIPLE ITEMS! (shipping can take up to 21 days, but usually faster).
History Facts:
In the middle of October 1944, about 500,000 soldiers -- 32 German divisions and the 20,000 men of the Latvian Nineteenth Division of the Elit forces -- were cut off from the rest of the German army and encircled. To the east and the south was the Soviet army, to the north and the west -- the Baltic Sea. The Latvians called it Kurzemes katls, the Kurland kettle; the Germans called it Festung Kurland, Fortress Kurland.
For the Nineteenth Division Kurland was truly the last stand. They took part in six major battles between October 12, 1944, and April 3, 1945. Together with the German army units they on the whole held the front line, keeping the Bolsheviks out of Kurland, until May 8, 1945, when Germany capitulated. These soldiers remained undefeated until the final moments of the war, im Felde unbesiegt, as the Germans say. In one of the last battles, Captain Miervaldis Adamsons' company in a single 24-hour period repelled seven attacks by the Russians, and after the battle the bodies of 400 fallen Soviet soldiers could be counted in front of the Latvians' unconquered positions.
Soviet documents show that Stalin threw division after division into the Kurland inferno, disregarding the appallingly high losses. According to German estimates, the Soviet army lost 320,000 soldiers -- including those fallen, wounded, and taken prisoner -- and 2388 tanks, 659 planes, 900 cannons, and 1440 machine-guns.
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IMPORTANT!!!
WE ARE SELLING OUT OUR COLLECTION WHICH WE HAVE STARTED TO COLLECT IN 1989. THERE IS A LOT OF PREMIUM COLLECTOR QUALITY OR INVESTMENT ITEMS SUCH AS HELMETS, HATS AND HEADGEAR ACCESSORIES, MEDALS, UNIFORMS, FLAGS ARMBANDS, ETC... , SO PLEASE CHECK OUR OTHER LISTINGS AND CHECK OUR FUTURE AUCTIONS AS WE ARE PLANNING TO LIST ITEMS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.