1st birthday present

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My family knows my interest in collecting military equipment and so they surprised me for my birthday. Since Washington State has put the Kabosh on any more collecting of semi-auto surplus weapons, I have switched my focus to Paratrooper helmets. Here's my 1st present...a US military freefall leather helmet. Very similar to the one I used in 1978 except mine had three snap fasteners on either side to fit the older style oxygen mask. I was somewhat surprised to see a manufacture date of 1991. I thought the military flushed the leather helmet in the 80s. The goggles shown are the goggles I used in HALO school.....better peripheral vision than those bulky black framed googles they issued.

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