Original German WWII 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division Handschar M43 Foreign Volunteer Maroon Parade Fez with Tassel & Sweatband Dated 1943 - Size 57 Russian Field Gear Steel or nickel-alloy base metal

Steel or nickel-alloy base metal cases were also produced for soldiers looking for the cheapest

The donut bead is present but the pull string is absent

The Kits Featured In This Lot:- Emergency Fishing Kit: This kit and similar versions were created for pilots and lifeboats

It is very rare that we receive an Italian Vetterli rifle where we can verify when BOTH conversions occurred

the addition of a fragmentation sleeve gave it greatly increased anti-personnel fragmentation ability

Original German WWII 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division Handschar M43 Foreign Volunteer Maroon Parade Fez with Tassel & Sweatband Dated 1943 - Size 57 Russian Field Gear Steel or nickel-alloy base metalOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a maroon fez that was part of the dress parade uniform of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), a military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. This was the first non Germanic Waffen SS division, and its formation marked the expansion of the Waffen SS into a multi ethnic military force. The creation of the 13th SS was