WWII German Wehrmacht M35 Helmet – Named to Soldat K. Lanckes – Feldpostnr 25368 – Nachrichten-Kompanie 556 – 556 Inf Div – Occupation Force in Alsace & Belfort France 1940 – ET 64 – Rare (Sold)

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I have sold around 150 period German Helmets in the past years but only a few had the Feldpost Number.

This is super unique, and is a direct provenance to where the helmet was worn.

556 Infantry Division (Werhrmacht)

The 556th Infantry Division was set up on February 15, 1940 as a position division for the Upper Rhine by Wehrkreis XII from state rifle units. The division staff was formed from the division command of the division z.b.V. 426 formed. The artillery equipment consisted of Polish captured equipment. The division was deployed to secure the border on the Upper Rhine in the Bad Krotzingen – Lörrach area at XXXIII. Army Corps. From June 1940, the division was an occupying force in Alsace in the Belfort area. By order of June 30, the division was dissolved in Military District XII by September 1, 1940.

The soldier called K. Lanckes – seems to not have been wounded or killed during WWII as a search was conducted on the German Graves Commission.