WW1 British Army Death Plaque WALTER HERBERT JACOB - the 2nd Casualty of the entire Middlesex Regt 1914 United Kingdom This booklet was produced by

This booklet was produced by the German army in preparation for the proposed invasion of the UK (Operation Sealion)

Cloth lining to the interior with studded collar

liner and chinstrap stub are consistent with late 1930s refit of a WW1 helmet

The helmet was likely originally issued in 1943 to a motorcyclist of the 1st ‘M’ MVSN Armoured Division

Size approx 54-55

WW1 British Army Death Plaque WALTER HERBERT JACOB - the 2nd Casualty of the entire Middlesex Regt 1914 United Kingdom This booklet was produced byWW1 British Army Death Plaque WALTER HERBERT JACOB 2nd Casualty of the Middlesex Regt Pte Walter Herbert Jacob (14761), 2nd Btn Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment KIA from Wood Green Walter was born in Wood Green Middlesex in 1896 and he was killed in action at the age of 18 on 23rd November 1914 almost immediately that he and the regimemt reached the front after 2 days. His parents were Wlilliam Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Jacob, living in