From a distance, the leather headgear worn by Tommies looked similar to the German Stahlhelm ('steel helmet') - and this fatal design flaw sparked confusion as British snipers could not tell their ...

Dennis O'Callaghan holding one of the helmets - his father Bill was one ... on 27 May 1940 Two helmets belonging to World War Two British soldiers massacred by the SS in May 1940 have been ...

From the leather ... The helmet spike was also removable. On the front line, the pickelhaube was the natural target of souvenir hunters, and there are countless photographs of British soldiers ...