US Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit Luftwaffe Headgear The military historian Dermot Bradley

The military historian Dermot Bradley provided Major General Hampe with inspiration and advice in the preparation of his book

The small brass chain that holds the mouthpiece to the body of the horn is missing on this example

This is the final pattern and is what they call the “double fill” style

previously unpublished work of edged weapons designer Paul Casberg

The interior is unlined and has a built-in cloth waist belt

US Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit Luftwaffe Headgear The military historian Dermot BradleyUS Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit These Atlantic kits were documented in the wonderful hardcover book; United States Navy Wings of Gold from 1917 to the Present by Tomas Carmichael and Ron Willis. In it the authors show photographs of an unsealed "Atlantic" kit and wrote: World War II United States Navy Escape and Evasion Barter "Atlantic Kit". The contents of the sealed hard rubber kits varied in contents, they were developed for use in Europe and