EQUIPMENT. USA. M1 model 43 helmet, olive drab paint, closed front band, movable chinstrap bridges, canvas chinstrap, McCord Radiator No. 813D (January 1944), large mesh camouflage netting, second type compressed fibre liner, Westinghouse, complete. There is a label between the helmet and the liner: "American soldier's helmet picked up by Papa Louis in Ligneuville, January 1945". A postcard details the circumstances of the discovery, in particular that the helmet was found in the grounds of the Hôtel du Moulin, which will be supplied to the purchaser of this historic item. ABE Ligneuville in the commune of Malmédy is a village in the Belgian Ardennes occupied on 17 December 1944 by soldiers of Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstbandarte Adolf Hitler". They came up against an American command post. 22 GIs were taken prisoner, 8 of whom were executed near the Hôtel du Moulin.