German Helmet - M43?

[Peter Laidler]

That was an interesting aside Flying 10, about bringing trophies home. I asked someone about that yesterday and it has always been a thorny subject because the property always belongs to the......., well, it's not YOURS to take! But in and from Bosnia onwards* there was a tacit line drawn and it was accepted that crunchies have always and will continue to do so forever, bring stuff home. The tacit agreement was that 'things' and 'items' apart from weapons* and personal items taken from anyone would be overlooked but always with a degree of sensitivity. That's a VERY wide opening but it seemed to work. First Aid kits were specifically banned as were NBC kits with injector pens for some reason. Some 'searchers' wouldn't allow bayonets, others were non plussed. It seemed to work on the '....if you abuse the unwritten, we can always tighten up....'
*following a weapon 'problem' of which I say no more